Royal Navy stationed in Buenos Aires 1928?

[rubymelia]

Hi I found a document about Albert O'Gan returning from Buenos Aires in 1928. The document states he is a seaman but I also know that he was in the Royal Navy, what work would he have been undertaking in Buenos Aires? Would it have been part of the Royal Navy? The name of the ship was the "Alcantara" Thanks

[stanmapstone]

Was the Alcantara the ship he served on or was it the one he returned on from Buenos Aires?

Stan

[rubymelia]

Was the Alcantara the ship he served on on was it the one he returned on from Buenos Aires?

Stan

Hi
It says it went from Buenos Aires and arrived in Southampton. It says the steamship line was the Royal Mail Steam?

[stanmapstone]

The Alcantara was a ship of The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, sailing between Southampton and South America.

Stan

[medpat]

History of the ship, was a civilian ship at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Alcantara_(1926)

[ShaunJ]

He was a 3rd class passenger on the Alcantara, which as Stan says was a Royal Mail steam packet. Not Royal Navy.

 

[medpat]

Do you know when he actually served in the Royal Navy?

[ShaunJ]

Per his Royal Navy record he was discharged to pension on 10 December 1927.

[stanmapstone]

He arrived in Southampton on 28th March 1928.

Stan