Williams, Ron

I was a steward on board the Harwood in 1947 and 1948.

She was a converted Fairmile – HMC ML Q069.

She was when she was totally refitted and coastal cruising in local waters and principally to cruising to an exclusive resort at the head of Princess Louisa Inlet and the Georgia Strait. We had four crew being skipper, cook, engineer and myself as steward. The skipper then was Captain Gadda who was a great skipper. We hosted well known dignitaries of which the Bronfman family of five was on board for one cruise. At that time she was owned by McKlennon of United Distillers a major distillery in Vancouver British Columbia and the name Harwood comes from a product name of Rye they produced being "Harwood Rye". My quarters were in the forward anchor hold and entry was via the anchor hatchway. Really quite nicely finished - great job.