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“A SHIP
LIKE NO OTHER”
By Reuben Goossens
SS Medina
American 1914 built - SS Medina sailed 95 Years into History as the MV Doulos!
SS
Medina (1914-1948)
MS
Franca C (1952-1977)
- MV Doulos - (1977-2010)
Doulos Phos
– (2010 - ) Located permanently in
Part Five - 2008
Doulos at Sea – Page Two
Sailing
MV Doulos
heading south along the coast of
With the large number of photograph taken, I
had to add a second page, as well as a separate page for the engine room, etc.
This page covers the Carpenters shop in the bow, Hold 1, and other interesting
spaces aboard the Doulos, including another cabin and Franca C deck signs and
more.
Far forward on Main Deck we enter the shackle corridor and this
door opens into the Carpenters Shop in the bow area
Sven
Benseler and I found no one home, but I found the location most interesting, so
let’s investigate
Down an A
Deck is “The Cage” or the store room
Store
Room
Store room
We
have now descended down to Hold Deck one deck below B Deck, and this is Hold 1,
looking up to the cover
Forward I
found the base of what was once the forward mast, yet it still strengthens the
new electric crane
The hold stores
many things including new ropes, plumbing needs and other items that may be
needed at any time
The trolley
contains deck mats
An original
Franca C - Cabin sign on A Deck – These signs date back to 1959
This Franca
C sign points to which stairwell you should use to head to your cabin
– let’s go to cabin 260 on B Deck
Cabin 260 is
a small inside 2 berth cabin –all cabins have private facilities –
looking forward
The bathroom
wall faces the engine room and it was amazing how quiet it was
Again the
furniture, lights and décor were all Franca C 1959 originals!
Small but
cosy, I stayed in the lower bed of this cabin for the first two nights.
Another
1959 sign on B Deck
A Typical bathroom dating from the Franca C - 1959
Photograph
© 2008 Sven Benseler
Above and below: Here we see the original in cabin
Waiter/Steward call buttons (no longer in use of course)
Photograph
© 2008 Sven Benseler
The arrows shows the direction of the cabin that made the call
Photograph
© 2008 Sven Benseler
This is the light outside the cabins 23 & 25 and the
waiter/Steward would switch the light off when he arrived
Photograph
© 2008 Sven Benseler
MV
Doulos will pick up the
Sydney Heads
and into the world’s most beautiful Harbour!
Thank You!
There are some very special people I wish to
thank the following on board the Doulos. The ship’s Director, Dr.
Daniel Chae who was always so helpful and he has a great desire to see the
ship survive! We had I fine time together discussing the ship and the
Scriptures during my time on board! However, how can I ever forget my
delightful host and now good friend on board, Sven Benseler and his
lovely wife Mirjam and their delightful children, Joshua & Samuel. They made my stay on board
very special and I soon became part of the Doulos family! Also, there was the
delightful ship’s journalist Marl Terilli,
who took great care of me whilst I was on board and thank you for the
delightful times we had chatting during mealtime with your husband at supper
time. Not to forget, two very special people, Dominic Bothello
the Chief Engineer who always made me smile and I always want more time with
this wonderful man and his delightful family! And the ever effervescent Filipe
the Project Coordinator, who was a delightful young man with a heart desire to
learn more and more and to take in all that, is good! May the LORD bless you
and thank you for all that you have given me! I also wish to thank Captain
Ashley McDonald who was most generous with his time, allowing me on the Bridge as
we departed
To all the crew and staff on board, thank you
for your outstanding hospitality and cooperation, and for giving me the freedom
of the ship whilst I was with you on the historic Doulos, a ship I have been
personally associated with since 1971.
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PLEASE NOTE:
MV Doulos
was decommissioned by OM Ships in
whilst she was in
and how we saved her for
the future as the MV Doulos Phos.
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