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[edit] Personal Details
| Name: | Colin William Albert Williams
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| Position/Rank: | Captain
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| Ethnicity: | NZ
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| Date of Birth: | 14/05/1923
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| Date of Death: | 13/09/1967
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| Age at Death: | 44 Years
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| Location of Death: | South China sea.
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[edit] Vessel
| Name: | SS Denny Rose
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| Date of Accident: | 13/09/1967
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| Location of Accident: | South China sea. Last reported position Latitude 25 degrees 15 minutes north, Longitude 134 degrees 23 minutes east at 0448 hours in Typhoon Opal on the 13/09/1967.
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| Further Info: | N/A
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[edit] Comments
Son of Captain Percy Williams and descendant of a long line of seafarers, Captain Bill Williams went to sea before the mast in 1939. He became a junior officer in 1944, and Master in 1958. His son, Mr Percy Williams, was Harbourmaster/Manager at Motueka.
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