This photograph which admittedly is extremely blurry captures an activity that has literally passed into history. Taken in the Indian Ocean sometime in the first part of 1966 it shows the weekly testing of the SS Manaar's SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Lifeboat radio equipment. The equipment is placed on the top of the number 3 hold and operated by me (left) whilst the privalege of turning the handles of the power generator goes to my junior Bernard.