Hello everyone. I am new here and have come across your forum as a last ditched attempt to identify and locate a particular ship and its crew. If this is not the right place, then can ADMIN delete this post please?
A bit of background.
My family and I were all saved by a Greek ship on 20/06/1985 called the KRITI RUBY.
I am trying to locate the captain or any crew member of that ship who rescued us. All I have is a photo of the ship, the captain and some of the crew members at the time which was given to us as a gift - I have attached this.
We fled Vietnam along with 57 others including myself, my brother, my mother and my father. I was 8 months and my brother 8 years old.
We escaped on a small wooden Vietnamese fishing boat due to the Vietcong regime and political situations in Vietnam at the time. We were stranded at sea for one month. During which time, we saw five ships come and go.
We were on the brink of dehydration and starvation. Some on board had perished. It was only then that the Kriti Ruby comes to our rescue and saved us. The doctor on the Kriti Ruby ship said that I was very close to death. They took us to Singapore on approximately 22/06/1985.
We now live in England, United Kingdom and I've been on a mission over the last few years to try and identify the ship and its crew. I have not had any success.
I know that there is currently a ship called the Kriti Ruby:
Class: Танкеры
Builder: SPP Shipbuilding / Tongyoung Shipyard Republic of Korea Тхонъён (экс Чхунму)
Yard number: S1016
Keel laid: 08.01.2008
Launched: 15.04.2008
Built: 25.07.2008
Home Port: Пирей
Owner and manager: Avin International SA Greece
IMO: 9391282
Registry: ABS
Registry number: 08175191
Registry class: ✠A1, Chemical Carrier, Oil Carrier, ESP, Ⓔ, ✠AMS, ✠ACCU, SH, SHCM
Call sign: SVAT5
MMSI: 240941000
Current state: Operating
Remarks: Рег.владелец: Kriti Ruby ENE
However, I do not believe the above ship is the same which rescued us.
Perhaps someone here knows where else I could go? Maybe there is a historical record somewhere to determine the ship's details? Sadly, the Greek Embassy was not able to assist me.
I don't want to give up.
I am grateful for any assistance users of this forum can give.