At berth across the Vega on display at Boat Asia 2010 was another historical top sail ketch, the Cariad, a purpose built racing yacht. The Cariad, named after the Welsh word for “Sweetheart” was built by Summers & Payne in Southampton for a Lord Dunraven in 1896 and is currently in magnificent condition, having undergone a full restoration in Korat, Thailand. It was certainly a treat to be able to step onto her expansive wooden deck and into the gleaming wood panelled accommodation below decks.
The Cariad in 1896 (source: http://www.cariad1896.com/).
Designed by A. E. Payne, the Cariad’s hull is constructed of teak wood laid over a steel framework. The Cariad has an length overall of 118 feet, a beam of 81 feet and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches. She is currently powered by a 240 HP diesel engine. More information is available at the Cariad’s website.
The Cariad is a 114 year old top sail ketch built in Southampton.
Stern of the Cariad.
Polished wood name plate.
Ship's bell.
The helm.
The fore deck.
Rigging on deck.
The main deck.
Ropes on deck.
Compass repeater on the main deck.
The newly restored ketch is on sale at a princely sum of USD 3.5M.
Accommodation below decks.
The lounge below decks.
The heads.
A stateroom.
Skylights.
Hydrostatic information on the Cariad.
The Long and Winding Road 
Really great sailing ship. I love those old historical ships. When looking Your photos from Cariad, I have to say that it is magnifiant. In my country we have plenty of old steam ships which are making cruises on our lakes. But steam ships and sailing ships, they differ so much from each others. Last summer we had here Tall ship Race and then I saw how beautiful sailing ships can be.
You made great post from Cariad. Thank You.
Sartenada, thanks for you comments. Yes, she is isn’t she! I love the old sailing ships – I have always been fascinated with them since seeing the silhouettes of the clipper on the Old Spice logo in my childhood. I guess your country has a great shipping tradition – would love to visit it! I am in Singapore where we do have a quite a lot of shipping passing by – more for commercial purposes than for leisure – so it nice once in a while to have the opportunity to visit a historical ship. There were actually two on display, the other was the Vega, which was built as an opened deck stone carrying ketch in 1893 which I mentioned in a previous post. It’s wonderful that you have a chance to witness the tall ship race – tall ships are my favourite and there is nothing like seeing a tall ship in full sail – truly magnificent! There was a visit by the Russian merchant navy training tall ship the Pallada recently to Singapore as well in which I have a few photographs posted … you may want to visit the post. I visited your blog – and you have very beautiful and stunning photographs on your blog!
It is lovely to see the Cariad looking so beautiful. I worked on this boat for a few months in 1953. I joined the boat in Sydney, Australia and we sailed to New Guinea, Timor, Mauritius and others. I left the boat in Capetown, South Africa. The skipper at the time was Alan Ball. The voyage was going to be longer but Mr Fitton’s (the owner) partner died so it was cut short. I have about half a dozen photos from/of the boat taken at this time which I would be happy to scan and circulate if anyone is interested.
Ted.
Ted, thanks for sharing that! Wonderful to hear from one who has actually worked on the Cariad all those years back – wow! Thanks for the offer to scan photos from your voyage with the Cariad – it would be good if you could scan a few which I can add to this post to add a bit of history to it, which you can email to me. Thank you. 😀
That would be great ted
Hi Ted, I am guessing you might have meant Alan Bath rather than Alan “Ball” my father was the skipper on Carriad for that voyage as far as I am aware, unfortunately dad has now passed but if you do have any more info about the voyage I would to hear from you.
Hello Simon, Sadly my husband Ted Atkin died last August aged 88. He died suddenly but he would have enjoyed your email. He was always hopeless remembering names so your father was very probably his skipper. We have some of his photos from that time. Margaret Atkin
Hi Simon
My dad was one of the crew on that round the world trip and he kept a meticulous diary from the date he joined on 23 November 1952 (his 20th birthday incidentally) and I am busy transcribing the diary as I would like to put a book together. He also gave me all his photographic slides so I will include all these photos as well.
I would love to get in contact to get as much information as I can if you are willing to assist.
Kind regards
Kym Clayton (nee Penrose)
kym.clayton@absamail.co.za
Hi Kim
My father, Ted Orzechowski, skippered Cariad around the world too. Do you know of any records available of the various trips Cariad made over the years. I’d love to have some photos as well! Regards Yola Bergh nee Orzechowski
Sent from my iPhone
>
Hullo Ted , just wondering if you have any photos of my father Ted Orzechowski?
Hello Ted, Just seen this and would be keen to get the photos you talk about to add to the page I have for Cariad:
http://classicyachtinfo.com/yachts/cariad-2/
My e-mail is andy@classicyachtinfo.com
Look forward to sharing from you.
Best, Andy
Hullo Ted,
I’m looking for any photos of Ted Orzechowski, my late father, who skippered Cariad for a few years on some epic journeys around the world.
I love this blog too
Many thanks
Yola Bergh
Ted my dad Vernon Penrose sailed on her during that trip. Would love to hear from you regarding your time on her for a book I am putting together on Cariad.
Thanks and regards
Kym
It is good to see this beauty restored. My video productions team captured the moments from the time it was bought by Mr. Stuart Williamson in Thailand and than via Singapore, Langkawi (Malaysia) and finally to Satun, Thailand. Met a wonderful team of experts during our work and Mr. Des Kearns was an excellent Captain of this project. Fond memories will remain of The Cariad and the happy hours in Satun town after work ( a small fishing village ) . A special word of thanks to Mr.Williamson for inviting our team to be part of this history. Plenty of videos and photographs of the transformation. Who ever buys it , will buy a rich history which is priceless. USD 3.5 million for this beauty full of history and labour of love is below market, if l had the money, l won’t be writing here 🙂
Would be happy to get the video and other photos online on http://www.classicyachtinfo.com
This lovely ship was restored in Satun, Thailand not Korat. There is not even a small river in Korat just rice fields. I worked on the restoration and supplied the teak decking. I also designed supervised the construction of the main mast which is a composition of Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce. To be part of that project was one of the real highlights of my life. She is one very beautiful vessel and it was an honor to be part of the project. She was restored with love and I hope those who own her treat her well. If I had money I would have her, $3.5 is a steal.
My brother was part of a syndicate of young men who bought Cariad as a hull in 1969 and who sailed her in the first Cape to Rio race. The restoration and repair of Cariad was a most exciting experience for those young men and their friends and family. Thank you Cariad, thank you!
Jean – and I was the young man (15 at the time) who went overboard off Cape Point while en route to Cape Town for the race! My brother, Alan, was also aboard
The owner back in the 40’s A.W. Flitton, was my great uncle
The last time i saw her was in the 60s i think when she was in Simonstown and my sister and i were invited on board for a meal one evening.She is looking great fair winds!
Who remembers this old beauty CARIAD
I was a crew member on the Cariad on the voyage from Sydney to Capetown via New Guinea, East Timor, Mauritius in 1954.
I have photographs of the Cariad and some of the 7 crew plus the owner and the cook who was a Zulu.
Are you interested in seeing photographs from that time?
Ted I would love to see the photos regards Ian Knipe
Ted – Alan Flitton was my great uncle and my family owned the boat briefly after he died. My brother Alan sailed from Cape Town to Rio in the race in the early 70’s while I did the leg from Durban to Cape Town and was stupid enough to fall overboard off Cape Point. (Goes without saying that they were able to find me!).Would love to see what photos you have
Hello Ted, Just seen this and would be keen to get the photos you talk about to add to the page I have for Cariad:
http://classicyachtinfo.com/yachts/cariad-2/
My e-mail is andy@classicyachtinfo.com
Look forward to sharing from you.
Best, Andy
Hi. My uncle, Barry Forster sailed round the world on Cariad from 1948 to 1950. . he left from and returned to Cape Town. They nearly sank off the Cape coast on their return. The captain was Ted Orzekovsky (???), a gorgeous Pole, (according to my mum!), was the captain at the beginning of the trip..We would to see some more photo’s.
Lynne
The gorgeous Pole was my father, Ted Orzechowski, who passed away many years ago now.
I am wanting to know anyone who was on board Cariad 1 1948 SouthamptonUK FRANK MORGAN ONE OF THE YOUNG CREW ARRIVED IN BRISBANE RIVER QLD AUSTRALIA APRIL 1950
My husband Ted Atkin signed up as a crew member in Sydney in 1953/54 and sailed to South Africa. The Skipper was Alan Ball and the owner who was on board was a Mr Fitton. Ted worked in South Africa and then Zimbabe and returned to Australia in 1956. He is well at 88 years and enjoys reading about The Cariad. Margaret Atkin
Hi Margaret , well wishes to you and Ted and at 88 still going strong, keep well.
We have some good pictures taken during the restoration, will send when time permits..
regards
Hi I have not looked at this sight for some time, 3years maybe, looking for any information re Frank Morgan, his date of birth, his address, if anyone knows him, knows if he is still alive, he may be my biological father. The Cariad,1 photos are very beautiful. Christine Wolford
Worked aboard CARIAD I while in Marigot Bay, St. Lucia, W.I., Windward Islands circa 1976/77. Many fond memories. Owned by a syndicate formed my a Mr. Seymour Marvin if memory serves.
Indeed. Seymour Marvin was my father and was the owner from the early 70s, after the Cape-Rio race, till around 1986. I was in Marigot Bay in early 1977 too, around the time the hotel reopened (Hurricane Hole Hotel). Don’t seem to remember you but it was a while ago!
Hi Jenny
Would it be possible to make contact with you to discuss your dad’s ownership of Cariad?
I am currently researching her for a book I am writing on her.
Regards
Kym
I have never seen “Cariad”, except in photos, but I have a New Zealand timber built double ender “Tiare Taporo III”. She is an English Gauntlet design. We had heard about Des Kearns and his team and just after he had moved to Krabi Boat Lagoon in Thailand we arrived there and had maintenance work carried out by Des and his team. Part of this work involved raising the cockpit sole and the teak used came from “Cariad’s” original caprail. We feel very honoured.
Des had sailed as a young man in 1964 aboard the original “Tiare Taporo” which was an island trading schooner built in Auckland NZ for my great grandfather in 1913. So there was already a strong connection.
Jim Donald
Hi Ted,
My Father was Ted Orzechowski, who skippered Cariad on a circumnavigation in the early 1950s. Would love to see any photos you may have..thanks.
Jacek Orzechowski
Jacekorzechowski3 @gmail.com
I was the skipper on this boat in the early 60’s, it was owned by the Ratray family from Durban who bought it off Captain Hardman who used it for gun running down the east coast of Africa. We spent considerably monies renovating it including new steel frames, removing the keel and fitting new keel bolts and then re-coppered the whole boat, also a new rudder was constructed
Hi Tony
Would love to make contact to discuss your time on Cariad for a book I am busy putting together on her.
Kind regards
Kym
My husband, Mike Ferreira, was the mate on board ‘Cariad’ in 1960/61 in Durban when she was owned and skippered by John Hardman. He had intended to use her for charter but ran out of funds when a large cargo of orange wine he was exporting to (I think) the Congo was impounded during the war there.
John Hardman had been a gun-runner to Israel, so it was not surprising that when they did a trial run to Lorenco Marques, the Mozambiquan navy arrested the ship on arrival. However they found no guns despite a very thorough search.
To make amends, they wined and dined the crew and painted the ship where needed and also fitted her with a fine set of ‘baggy-wrinkle’ made by Portuguese sailers. I have the newspaper cuttings from the time.
The trip was a record breaking one at the time, 36.5 hours from Durban to LM despite the mainsail being unusable.
John Hardman was an extraordinary character. Apparently later in life he ‘found God’ and built a ‘prayer boat’!
Hi Gillian
Would love to make contact with you to try and get copies of the newspaper clippings and to get information on your dad’s time onboard Cariad.
I am putting a book together on her history and this story would be a great addition.
Kind regards
Kym
My father, Athol Chomse, was involved, in some way, with the syndicate that owned Cariad in Cape Town. I would love to know more about her. I was brought up on stories of Cariad, and she has always been central to my imagination of far-flung places and adventures beyond the horizon. I am delighted to see her restored once again.
Michael Chomse
Just for interest,the Cariad spent Christmas of 1952 at St Helena.My father was doing a bird survey of the island at that time and the crew had Christmas with us in Jamestown.I was going through of some old things of my parents and came across a post card from Suva,Fiji,from the crew of the Cariad,wishing them for Christmas.It was signed by Pete Colvill.Another crew member we kept contact with was Pim Pensow(not sure of the spelling)My brother and I spent many happy hours playing on board,whilst she was at St Helena.
Can you tell me if this vessel was used by the RAF in WWII on the Firth of Forth in Scotland,as a mooring for a barrage balloon? I am trying to check on information given by my dad (now deceased)
Hi Gillian
I am busy researching Cariad for a book on her history and would love to hear what information your dad relayed to you so I can try and find out for you.
Regards
Kym
just to add to this history I lived and worked on Cariad during the winter of 1971 through to June 1972 making several trips up and down the Islands of the West Indies. Skipper was Nigel Ayles with his lovely wife Joan and the mate was Robin Fabig along with his girlfriend, a NZ girl whose name escapes me right now. My friend Ken Steinmetz and I joined the crew in English Harbour, Antigua right before Christmas and immediately left on charter. Over the next few months we did quite a lot to pretty the old girl up and had a wonderful time being a part of the life of such a historical and storied yacht. I have many photos of this time. I was very pleased to see her restored and hope she lasts many more years.
I would love to see some of your photos of Cariad . I was a visitor on Antigua at that time as was fortunate to go aboard on a day sail and met Robin and his girlfriend “Kathy”. What a great experience !!!!!!! My email address is d4a4m4@hotmail.com.
Best Regards,
Duane Miller
Mr Parker, I am the manager at Antigua Slipway and I believe we hauled you out on our railway during the time you were on board. We don’t have any photos of this but as Cariad was one of our most illustrious visitors, I would love to see some if you have any
Hi Sam
Do you perhaps have an email address I can contact you on?
I am researching Cariad and would be very grateful of any information I can collate on her.
thanks
Kym
Hi Chris,
I think we (Antigua Slipway) hauled her out at some point in when she was in the West Indies. I am wondering if there are any photos of it as she is definetely one of the most illustrious boats we have ever hauled.
There was a major refit in Antigua in the early 80s. Nick Bowden was skipper. Owner was Seymour Marvin, my father. He sold her sometime after that, maybe 1986?
I knew Robin Fabig when he was First Mate on Cariad after a refit in Cape Town in the early 70s. His girlfriend then was Rosemary, and she was the cook when we chartered in Greece (1975) and then in the Caribbean (1976/77). The skipper then was Nick Bowden. He and Robin fell out at some point and I left in 1977 too so I don’t know what happened to Robin.
Hi,
I am very interested in finding out what the current situation is with Cariad.
Does anyone know where and what condition she is in.
Please do be in touch, very best and many thanks.
Ralph
Please forward any information you might find as I’m also interested in following cariads journey. My father, Ted Orzechowski, skippered the yacht around the world
Hi everyone
My dad (Vernon Penrose) crewed on Cariad from Nov 1952 to Aug 1954. He kept a meticulous diary of events and I am using this to put a book together of the trip with his photographs.
I would love assistance with information or old photos from this time if anyone can help.
Kym Clayton (nee Penrose)
kym.clayton@absamail.co.za
Copied from a Swedish web page.
Click to access 2005_1.pdf
Scroll down to page 35.
At the time, her name was Fidra.
Ship
was built in 1896 in Southampton
teak on steel splint on kravell
on behalf of the Duke of Durham. Purchased in December 1919
sweden by the lieutenant at the
Royal Navy, Sune Tamm
living in Karlskrona and sailed
home to Sweden by three naval officers. The purchase price was £4,800
and salesman was Frank Chaplin
in London. When she follows
year was notified to registration
(No. 6354 and signal KCRM)
she was named ketchriggad
yacht with the name Fidra (ex
Cariad) but in the certificate of the
15 September of the same year,
she as the motorgaleas Fidra.
During the summer of that year,
she will undergo a thorough
rebuilding and rehabilitation
at Karlskrona shipyard.
The vessel was issued
measuring letter 29.76 meters long, 5.65
metres wide and had a draught aft of 3.32 meters.
Tonnaget was 73.52 gross and
48.66 net tonnes. Be provided with
auxiliary engine of 60 ind hp and
had a special engine of 3 hp
for the electric lighting.
Became very famous in his time
for the circumnavigation she
made and which was based on the
Karlskrona, September 25
1920 under the command of lieutenant
Sune Tamm and with 11 men
Crew. This also included:
A brother of the commander, Lieutenant Sebastian Tamm.
The itinerary went over Malmö
through the Kiel Canal to England, France and Madeira,
from where the journey was over
Atlantic to caribbean, further
along the coast of South America and
south africa, Australia,
then Dutch India,
Ceylon, then British India, China, Japan, South Sea Islands, West Coast of North America,
Panama Canal, North America’s
east coast and back to Sweden.
When Fidra returned to Karlskrona on September 11, 1922,
after completing its circumnavigation of the world that has been going on for close
two years, she was met by the destroyer
Sigurd who towed her
the last leg to the anchorage in Karlskrona. In addition, she was escorted by a
100 flag-adorned boats.
There was a great party atmosphere in
city upon arrival of the ship
and at Kungsbrokajen,
the city’s most representative
men with ladies and even
governor in the lead met
Up. The squad and band had
marched to King’s Bridge and
in the evening the following day,
banquet has been held in stadshotellet’s banquet hall.
From the quay, Fidra
rather tarnished in any case
to the colour that is claimed to have been
less beautiful blue.
After returning to Sweden
great efforts were made
for the ship to be able to be
remain in the country. Lieutenant Tamm
repatriated to the Royal Swedish Academy of Human Beings. M ouch
permission to disarm Fidra
and put her up at Karlskrona Naval Shipyard. At the beginning of
In 1923, the government was written
and suggested that she should be
state property. Another of the
proposals that were later put forward
was to use her as a
M arinen’s training vessel for
the youngest ship boys and
for the mate class navigation exercises. After several tours
the petition was made without
action and on 18 September
In 1923 Fidra left Karlskrona
for good under the command of its owner
Sune Tamm to resign to
England to be sold there. With
on the trip, there were also some of the
former crew members.
The postcard shows Fidra
returning to Karlskrona after the circumnavigation of the world and taking
against the tow bar from the sigurd destroyer. Second man from
Left is Captain Tamm. Photo
taken by H.M. King’s Court Photographer D.F. Källman in
Karlskrona.
Bernt Åhlund
By, Peter………
……….Moore about Fidra trip round the world.
Fidra’s circumnavigation
One September day a little more than 70 years ago, a large ketch ignited, steered out of Karlskrona harbour, made a battle towards Kungshall and then disappeared out to sea. It was ketchen Fidra, who set off on the first circumnavigation of the world in the history of Swedish boatsport.
Today, long sailings are not uncommon, but in 1920 it was different. A circumnavigation of the world with a pleasure boat was then something sensational. Recreational boat? Fidra was 30.63 m long, 5.63 m wide, had a lead ballast of 47 tons and brought 510 square meters of sail. In addition, she had a 60 hp auxiliary engine.
Fidra was not a pleasure boat, rather a ship. Fidrafärden became the only Swedish example of what the English call Grand yachting, i.e. sailings with large yachts and paid crew.
The boat had been ordered in 1896 by England’s then perhaps foremost yacht sailor, Lord Dunraven. The Lord built the ketchen to take the Kaiser Wilhelm Trophy, which she did not do because of a rigging failure. Dunraven challenged around the same time in the America’s Cup with another yacht. He then came to go down in sailing history as the one who caused the worst scandal in the history of the venerable trophy – he accused the Americans of gross cheating. The Lord then sold the yacht to a Scot, who named the ketchen fidra after an island off the coast of Scotland.
Private venture
It was from him that the Tamm brothers bought their intended world sailor. Brothers Sune and Sebastian Tamm funded the entire expedition. The Tamm family was of course wealthy, but a lot has happened since the early 20th century. Today, no matter how wealthy he may be, no matter how wealthy he would think of first investing a huge amount of money in buying an exclusive yacht in giant format and then bear the cost of a two-year sailing with ten men on board, including a paid crew of three sailors, a steward and a chef. Today, such a thought is absurd, but such things happened in the twenties.
Sune Tamm, who was a lieutenant in the Navy, became skipper. Three other lieutenants from the Navy signed on, Uno Thorburn, Alex Simonsson, Nils van Rijswijk and an army officer, the house lieutenant Thorsten Grill.
During the journey across the North Sea, Fidra proved to be an excellent seaboat. After a visit to the English sailing paradise cowes, she also managed Biscay and the Atlantic Ocean without any problems whatsoever.
Perhaps the most different fidra’s circumnavigation of the world from the later Swedish long-distance sailings is the perception that the ketchen brought in the harbours. Often it happened that the Swedish consul met at the redden and then the entire Swedish colony on the site stood up. Of course, the Fidramen were also invited by the local yacht clubs. In Mar del Plata in Argentina, a dinner was given in which the city’s entire society participated. The party took place in Club Marin del Plata’s magnificent clubhouse and on that occasion the orchestra also played the Swedish pieces, which were part of its repertoire. It was the King’s Song, Helan goes and Kväsarvalsen.
Hurricane off South America
The journey along the coast of South America became Fidra’s real baptism of fire. It blew up the hurricane. The crew tried to dampen the waves with oil, the drive anchor was ripped loose and the delirious foam made the visibility non-existent. Ketchen began to drift towards the coast, but luckily there was plenty of sea space. Despite the fact that the steering gear was malfunctioning, the ordeal was cleared thanks to good seamanship.
Fidra did not round Cape Horn, but instead went through the troublesome Maghaellan strait. This was a dangerous water with many reefs and a countercurrent, which could set up to nine knots.
From Punta Arena on the Land of Fire, Fidra headed out to the Pacific Ocean and then followed the coast of South America up to Cocuimbo and then set a course for Easter Island. The South Seas became a dream come true with beach grabs in Easter Island, Tahiti, Takaroa, Nukahiva, Hawaii, Samoa and the Fiji Islands. There were evenings of ukulele music, dancing South Sea beauties and friendly islanders, who showered the Swedes with gifts.
In Samoa, the king himself invited the Swedes. The chatter men were then dressed in elegant white uniforms, the officers in a tropic helmet and the crew in straw hats, and the princesses danced hula-hula for the guests.
Fidra did not follow the shortest route around the world, but there were proper detours. The longest was made to Japan.
Despite tea houses and geishor, the visit to Yokohama was not what was expected. There was an uproar and the Swedes had to pull a gun so that the Japanese would not run away.
After returning to Yokohama for repairs, Fidra then proceeded to Hong Kong. It was a sailing in the most disgusting winter weather imaginable.
In Hong Kong, a Chinese guard was hired to keep an eye on the boat during the port visit. One night, the crew woke up to the guard screaming heartbreakingly. Everyone rushed to the deck and there they found the guard buzzed at the mast. He had been attacked by ten Chinese, who then disappeared without a trace with a couple of precious sails.
Then followed the long return journey via India, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. Fidra closed the circle at Cowes and then sailed to the Baltic Sea via the Kiel Canal.
Grand welcome
It was on an August day in 1922 that Fidra entered Swedish waters after two years of circumnavigation. Outside Karlskrona the destroyer met Sigurd and then towed into Fidra. On the warships in the harbour there was a rail, all the ships were flying great, bands played and it was a triumph for Fidra. The crew then lined up on land, the commander-in-chief greeted him and handed over the Order of Vasa to the “amateurs,”i.e. the officers. The paid crew members each received their shiny pulit, if also not as fine. They got the Vasa Medal instead.
By, Peter…..
My father, ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, owned a 36-foot cutter called Colin Archer. She was moored in the Bayhead area of Durban, South Africa, in about 1963-5. And Cariad was there too, next to us. She was in a terrible condition, mast unstepped, etc. Then some guys bought her and started fixing her up. I believe one of them was a Rattray. I believe she left Durban one day in a howling south-wester and set the sailing record to Lourenco Marques (Mozambique), 36 hours I heard. I next saw her in Mykonos, Greece, in May or June 1975, in beautiful condition. One can never forget that counter stern.
Gavin Nunes: I was sailing on another classic (Topolina, Laurent Giles 30) on the day Chris notes (late 1974). However Cariad was on her way to Cape Town and hard on the beat, and record rumoured at the time. The guys who joined Mr Rattray (sugar farming family) in the restoration were the Chapsticks. I took a number of phtographs which I’ll dig out, scan and mail to whoever.
Hi Gavin
Would love to get copies of any photographs you may have.
Thanks
Kym
Cariad 1 is currently undergoing a major refurbishment in Thailand and I will be visiting at the end of August this year.
My dad sailed on her in 1953/1954 and I am researching her for a potential book I am hoping to put together on her.
If you have any information, personal or stories you have been told, photographs etc please do make contact with me I would really appreciate it. kym.clayton@absamail.co.za
This is not my website but is managed by the team who are currently refurbishing her: https://www.cariad1896.com/
Alternatively this is the facebook page I have put together on my dad’s trip: https://www.facebook.com/Cariadadventure