GYLLING ALF

 

Gylling Alf, Fritiof, Mollyhawk, was born in Mariehamn on 8.1.1901 and died in 1978.

He made his first voyage in 1926 in the barque LOCH LINNHE, Master Carl Holmqvist.

He then served in the barquentine MOZART and the 4-masted barque PONAPE.

He obtained his Master Mariner's certificate in Mariehamn in 1936.

 

Alf Gylling rounded Cape Horn eastwards three times :

-         as O. S. in the MOZART, February 1929, voyage Wallaroo-Queenstown.

-         as A. B. in the MOZART, March 1930 voyage Melbourne-Mariehamn, (in ballast)

-         as Chief Mate, MOZART March 1935, voyage Port Lincoln- Falmouth.

 

He served as 3rd and Chief Mate of the PONAPE and as Chief Mate of the MOZART from 1933-35.

An account of his time in sailing ships is given below, in Swedish.

Alf Gylling was Master of the s s FREJ in 1939-40.

He also served as Mate in various Finnish and foreign ships.

He retired in 1965.