Welcome aboard Bellatrix, a ragtag ship with a motley crew and a series of eccentric skippers. A crew augmented by a variety of wildlife from a seductive gibbon to a drunken piglet, by way of a dog with ideas above his station, a flock of Java sparrows and a bunch of praying mantis whose job it was to prevent the ship being over-run by cockroaches. She was severely deficient in creature comforts and lacked all modern amenities, but she was unaccountably a happy ship with a disproportionate number of 'odd-balls' and'characters' among her crew. Life aboard Bellatrix was informal, hectic and at times heart-stopping, but above all else it was fun. Many of the primitive ports she visited did not feature on the itineraries of mainline cargo/passenger ships, this led to some interesting and occasionally alarming experiences. Although 'Swing the Lamp' is light-hearted, it does highlight an important fact - the life depicted has now passed into maritime history. 'Swing the Lamp' is a very...

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