Pigboat,
Yes it was Halcyon the Great !
It was one of the first tankers over 100,000 tons
Hence the name!
Of course old hat now seeing some of these tanker weights !
Court Line also had Court Line Helicopters in Cape Town ( John Bourne where are you now
.)
They used to supply tankers coming round the Cape as these were now all too big to get through Suez. The tankers (On autopilot!) would not slow down or change course so the drops had to be made on the move ! Quite a challenge with the boat doing 20+ knots and a tail wind of 30 knots
We lost an S62 on that operation that touch the waves on the way back.
I believe the helicopters are still operating
