Layin jirgin ruwa na Cunard yana maraba da tsoffin tsoffin ma'aikata

Layin jirgin ruwa na alatu Cunard ya maraba da daya daga cikin tsoffin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa yayin da yake shirin bikin cikarsa shekaru 100 a cikin watan da Cunard zai yi bikin cika shekaru 100 na tafiya daga birnin Southampton.

Nuwamba 2019 ya cika karni tun lokacin da RMS ya yi rikodin rikodi. Mauretania ta ƙaddamar da sabis na fayyace sabis na Cunard na Southampton; haɗa cibiyar jigilar kayayyaki ta Hampshire tare da birnin New York.

Tsohon Cunard bellboy, John 'Jack' Jenkins MBE, wanda kwanan nan ya ba da jawabi mai ratsa jiki a bikin tunawa da ranar D-Day a Portsmouth wanda ya samu halartar mai martaba Sarauniya, HRH Yariman Wales da Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump, kwanan nan ne aka maraba da shi a cikin jirgin Cunard's. Shahararriyar layin tekun Sarauniya Mary 2 na Kyaftin Aseem Hashmi MNM don cin abincin rana. Yayin da yake cikin jirgin, Kyaftin din ya gayyaci Mista Jenkins don ya duba kararrakin jirgin - don tabbatar da sun cika ka'idojin sabis na Cunard na 1930.

Ma'aikatan Sarauniya Mary 2 cikin sauƙi sun wuce binciken, kodayake Mista Jenkins ya yi saurin nuna cewa aikin jirgin Mauretania ya bambanta da yadda yake a yau.

"Na tuna daya daga cikin tafiye-tafiye na na farko, lokacin da muka tashi zuwa yammacin Indies," Mr. Jenkins Recalls. "Lokacin da za mu isa tashar jiragen ruwa, sai in yi tafiya a kan bene tare da gong, saboda ba mu da tsarin tannoy a wancan lokacin, in buga gong ɗin kuma in ce, 'Duk baƙi a bakin teku, duk baƙi suna bakin teku'."

An haife shi a lokacin da masu layin teku ke tafiya kawai, Mista Jenkins ya ci gaba da shiga Cunard a 1933 a matsayin mai bellboy da mai ɗaukar kaya. RMS. Mauretania ita ce jirgin Cunard na farko da aka nada shi - shi ne jirgin da ya kafa cibiyar Cunard ta Southampton a shekarar da aka haife shi.

Bayan da Mauretania ta yi ritaya a shekara ta 1934, Mista Jenkins ya yi aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa na Cunard Ascania har zuwa barkewar yakin duniya na biyu. Ya shiga aikin yaƙi, ya yi yaƙi a D-Day a cikin 1945, kafin ya koma Burtaniya don yin aiki a cikin rundunar sojan ruwa.

Kyaftin Hashmi ya ce "Abin alfahari ne na maraba da Mista Jenkins ga dangin Cunard." "Ya ji kamar hanya ce mai dacewa don fara bukukuwan shekaru ɗari, a nan Southampton, kuma ba shakka don taya Mr. Jenkins murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwa ta musamman da zai yi bikin nan gaba a wannan shekara. Ni da membobin jirgin mun ji daɗin sauraron labaran yadda rayuwa ta kasance a cikin jirgin, kuma muna ɗokin samun damar yin hakan kuma.”

Tashi daga Nuwamba 18, 2019, Sarauniya Maryamu 2 za ta gudanar da tsallakawa ta Transatlantic mai tarihi daga Southampton zuwa New York - a cikin girmamawar dangantakar karni tsakanin City da Cunard.

Baƙi a cikin wannan balaguron biki za su yi tafiya a baya saboda baje kolin tafiye-tafiye na teku daga Gidan Tarihi na Sea City na Southampton, da kuma jerin laccoci na wadata a cikin jirgin. Masanin tarihin Maritime kuma marubuci Chris Frame, masanin tarihin gida Penny Legg zai kasance tare da shi, kowanne yana gabatar da jerin maganganu na musamman game da dogon tarihi mai ban sha'awa na Cunard da Southampton.