Colin Stratton-Brown
Very sadly we have been notified of the recent death of Colin Stratton-Brown on 14th October 2023. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to Colin's wife and family.
Colin will be remembered by many of our SCARA membership. Our thanks to Julian Bevis for this tribute.
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In the early years of Overseas Containers Limited many staff moved across from their original employers, the four shipping lines who set up OCL, as the trades that they had operated conventionally were containerised. Colin Stratton-Brown came to OCL from Union Castle where he had been one of the original managers of the “Beacon“ service between Europe and the East African ports . Colin managed the joint service run in conjunction with the Harrison Line and Ellerman Line.
Once in OCL Colin established himself as a manager of great energy and eventually moved on from the East African service to running the new service to the eastern Mediterranean. He also took on the Tradelink service that was designed to offer services to and from locations not served by OCL but using transhipment to and from other lines networks. Colin will be remembered for his enthusiasm and the innovative solutions that he brought to the many issues that faced OCL in its early years.
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Belinda McCormack
SCARA Membership Secretary
05/11/2023
Since the initial news of Colin's passing we have been provided with a copy of this tribute issued by The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
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DEATH OF FREEMAN* COLIN KEPPEL O’MALLEY STRATTON-BROWN
It is with sadness that I must inform you of the death of Freeman* Colin Stratton-Brown who died after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease on 14 November 2023 at the age of 84. The Company was informed by his widow yesterday.
Colin Keppel O’Malley Statton-Brown was born into a naval family and educated at St Edward’s School, Oxford, and Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth before serving in the Royal Navy himself from 1957-1966.
On leaving the service Colin secured a post as a manager with Cayzer Irvine & Company with whom he remained from 1966 – 1981 when he was appointed General Manager, Overseas Containers / P&O Containers. He remained in shipowning / operating for most of his career specialising in liner shipping and containers as well as PandI: at the time of joining the company he was Manager, the Japan PandI Club.
Colin Stratton-Brown was admitted to the Freedom of the Company on 20 January 2000, he was admitted to the Freeman of the City of London on 1 September the same, and he was clothed in the Livery on 18 January 2001. He reverted to the Freedom on 1 May 2012.
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16/01/2024