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The story starts with an account at the age of 17 of the 'Dara' tragedy. It then covers the ten years Captain Ian Tew spent with the Selco Salvage in Singapore and ranges from the UK coast to the South China Sea, from the Persian Gulf to the Southern Ocean, performing salvage in storm force winds to tropical calm. He becomes Chief officer on the newly acquired salvage tug Salvaliant and learns his salvage towing from the Dutch Captain. He goes on to command the first of Selco's super tugs the Salvanguard salving the Globa Mariner off the Eritrean coast during that war. He finally takes over one of the world's super tugs, and salves an oil rig loaded barge off Fowey. Finally as a roving salvage master he is involved with the ultimate salvage of the Al Ahood the first commercial salvage to take place in a war zone. She was hit by Iraqi fired exocets, set on fire and abandoned and it was said to be unsalvable, but Captain Tew proved them wrong.Captain Tew packed more adventure into ten years than many in a lifetime. He worked when decisions had to be made and thinking on your feet was the key to success.

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Ian Tew has been involved with the sea all his life, sailing across the Solent alone aged 10 to sailing around the world. He served time with British India Steam navigation Company Ltd when he was a junior cadet on the ill fated Daria blown up and sank with heavy loss of life in the Persian gulf in 1961. He joined Selco Salvage Singapore in 1974 and with them was involved in more than 60 salvage jobs performed on Lloyds Open form, 'no cure, no pay'. He is author of Sailing in Grandfather's Wake...

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