Did you know in Hanger 5 we always kept a coffin that was regularly used by the Rocks to practice loading onto a 146 ready for any Royal or VIP incident.
Booked on the TT Herald of free enterprise when she rolled over outside the port..
Was coming home from Germany to get my daughter christened and missed the ferry due to traffic delays.
Sailed past about an hour after it happened. Was on the missing list for a while as we were booked on the...