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Service Details

  • Bulkpetrol Vessel Oiler period 4 Jul 1957 to Jun 1958, Engine Maintenance period Apr 1964 to Sep 1965,

  • Ore Monarch Vessel Oiler period Jun 1958 to Mar 1959,

  • Ore Prince Vessel Junior Engineer period Apr 1959 to Jan 1963,

  • Ore Regent Vessel Junior Engineer period Jan 1963 to Dec 1963,

  • Ore Titan Vessel Pump Man period Apr 1966 to Apr 1967,

  • Universe Ireland Vessel Pump Man period Apr 1970 to Dec 1970,

  • Ulysses Vessel Oiler period 30 Mar 1968 to 1 Apr 1969,

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Introduction:
I NOMINATE LEATHAN MARTIN IN THE CATEGORY OF PIONEER BECAUSE OF HIS YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS A SEAFARER. HE, LIKE MOST YOUNG MEN OF THAT ERA, STARTED OUT FROM AN EARLY AGE, IN THE POST OF MESSMAN. HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO PUMPMAN AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST. HE WAS EXEMPLARY IN HIS DUTIES AND OFTEN CITED FOR HIS WORK WHEN THE SHIPS SAILED THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE PANAMA CANAL. HE SHIPPED OUT IN 1957 AND ON THIS FIRST TRIP, HE STAYED AWAY AT SEA FOR SIX AND HALF YEARS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND STEP MOTHER, SINCE HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER HE HAD LEFT HOME TO GO TO SEA. SOME OF THE SHIPS THAT HE SAILED ON WERE: "BULK PETROL"; "ORE PRINCE" AND THE LAST SHIP WAS "UNIVERSE IRELAND". HE RETIRED FROM SEA IN DECEMBER 1970 IN ORDER TO BE AT HOME WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY. LEATHAN PASSED AWAY IN NOVEMBER 2019 FROM LUNG CANCER, WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN ELEMENTS ON THE SHIP. HIS FAMILY WOULD INDEED be GRATEFUL IF HE COULD BE AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY.

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Date of Birth : 20/Oct/1939
Deceased Date : 11/Nov/2019
Gender : Male
Country of Birth : Cayman Islands
District : Cayman Brac
Area : Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands