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Richard Newell

Richard Thomas Newell
Ben Bradley
Following a college education at the School of Navigation in Warsash, in the early 1960s Richard completed four years sea time apprenticeship with Royal Mail Lines.

He went on to work for Townsend Thoreson Car Ferries as Third Officer between Southampton and Cherbourg, and eventually joined Wightlink Ferries in 1990.

He started with Wightlink by working on the early Catamarans, later transferring to the vehicle ferries, initially as the Chief Officer and then Skipper for about over a decade between Fishbourne and Portsmouth.

Family life

Born: 1943
Seaview, Isle of Wight

Working life

Royal Mail Lines from 1962
Townsend Thoreson from 1973
Wightlink Ferries from 1990-2004
Conducted: Monika Driscoll on 17th December 2018

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