SPLENDID RECORD
• OF CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CHARLES NO LOSS OF LIFE ON HIS SHIPS (British Ofllcial Wireless.) Rugby, .July 10. Sir James Charles, captain of the Aipiitauia and commodore of the Cuunrd Line, who died uddenly at Southampton yesterday within a few minutes of completing his last voyage before his vc Irenient, had been 48 years at sea. and had commanded It) different Cuuard steamers, while he had crossed the Atlantic 728 times. He hiid iiu/cr been shipwrecked, and there had never been a life lost on any ship under his command. 11 is officers and mem with whom he was no less popular than witli the .thousands of passengers lie had carried, made it presentation to him a few days ago. Captain Sir James Charles was (53 years old, and received his Knighthood for scrV' 's rendered while in command of the 7C in retail la and Aquitania when those vessels were used as troop-carriers during (he war.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 July 1928, Page 11
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159SPLENDID RECORD Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 July 1928, Page 11
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