Vincent Elordieta T3 [Tape Three]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1996-05-09
Date Digitized
2010-06-11
Abstract
This is the third of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about different jobs on ships, working on ships during WWII, the Panama Canal, storms at sea, superstitions, Sundays and funerals at sea, forerunners, U-boats, laying cable during WWII, being torpedoed, battles at sea, the Merchant Navy, how he met his wife, and his family's history at sea.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Halifax, NS
Gaspe, Newfoundland
Liverpool, England
Lockeport, NS
Subject (Temporal)
WWII
1904
1944
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:36
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:04:08
Discussion about different jobs on ships and his early years on ships; scaler, ships, boilers, trimmer, steamships, RMS Aquitania.

SIDE A 00:04:08 -- 00:07:19
Discussion about working on ships during WWII and for the Coast Guard after the war, with mention of the Panama Canal; SS Kittys Brook, WWII, naval architect, 1945, SS North Brook, 1914.

SIDE A 00:07:19 -- 00:12:13
Stories about storms at sea, with mention of the drowning of his cousin; storms, gales, drowning, stormy sea, Elordieta, seasickness.

SIDE A 00:12:13 -- 00:13:03
Discussion about his career as a marine engineer; 1930, 1945.

SIDE A 00:13:03 -- 00:21:28
Discussion about superstitions at sea, marine animals, funerals at sea, food on board the ships, and coal burners; albatross, good luck, superstitions, sea birds, funerals at sea, sharks, pigeons, coal, coal burners.

SIDE A 00:21:28 -- 00:24:55
A story about Sundays at sea; Sundays, Sundays at sea.

SIDE A 00:24:55 -- 00:29:36
Discussion about ghost ships and forerunners, with mention of the Mary Celeste; forerunners, ghost ships, Mary Celeste.

SIDE A 00:29:36 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about being torpedoed and battles at sea during WWII; torpedo, WWII, sunken ships, SS Kittys Brook, Perce Rock, Gaspe.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:53 -- 00:37:09
Discussion about battles at sea during WWII continues, with mention of traveling down the Atlantic seaboard carrying paper for shells; Gaspe, WWII, sunken ships, Newfoundland, training aircraft, RAF.

SIDE B 00:37:09 -- 00:42:27
Discussion about laying cables during WWII, U-boats, and a cable that went from France to Newfoundland; Cyrus Field, submarine cables, D-Day, Merchant Navy.

SIDE B 00:42:27 -- 00:45:16
Discussion about the Merchant Navy and a story about being torpedoed; torpedo, war cargo, red ensign, Merchant Navy, WWII.

SIDE B 00:45:16 -- 00:54:38
A story about how he met his wife and moving to Montreal after getting married in 1944, with mention of moving to P.E.I. in 1975; Montreal, Halifax, WWII, Lockeport, 1944, marine superintendent, Helen Solomon, 1945, marine engineer, house prices, strawberry box houses.

SIDE B 00:54:38 -- 01:03:36
Discussion about his uncles and their history at sea, with mention of a riot in Liverpool; shipwreck, 1904, Scottish ships, Ulo, Liverpool, riot.

Tape ends at 01:03:36.