Frank Hughes, an AB aboard the ship writes…
There had been a party in the Deckies Pig & Whistle into the early hours and yours truly had taken in a skinful. I was due to be on watch from 4am to 8am, with the last 2 hours being my turn for Lookout duty. I had snatched a couple of hours sleep, but I was very much still under the influence of the previous evening's rum & cokes…

Grudgingly, at 6am, I climbed up the centre of the foremast into the crows nest to relieve my watch-mate. Having had a good look around the horizon - total darkness with not a light in sight, I thought, I'll close my eyes…

The next thing I remember was being woken sharply by the ship's siren blasting away. We had actually arrived alongside in Rio de Janeiro. I had not reported a single ship or light on the horizon for those two hours prior to arrival. Luckily for me, the incident had gone unnoticed!!