The Apollo

Royal Scotman (later "Apollo")

The Apollo was the new name for the MS Royal Scotsman, the Sea Org flagship. The Royal Scotsman was built in 1936, along with her sister ship Royal Ulsterman, as ferry passenger service vessels between Ireland and Scotland. They were conscripted to war services as Light Troop Landing ships with an admirable decorated war record. Both HMS Royal Scotsman and HMS Royal Ulsterman were involved with the D-Day landings at Juno Beach, however it seems that The Royal Scotsman was in 'home waters' at the time being deployed on a secret training exercises, whilst the Royal Ulsterman (her near twin) was a reserve Flagship for PM Winston Churchill. Hubbard was allegedly involved with amphibious forces at that time and so may have had some knowledge and experience of both ships. This may have affected his decision to purchase the Royal Scotsman in 1967. It is interesting that The Ulsterman served as a ferry shrive between Eire and Scotland for a most of her career and was allegedly later involved in Cold War activities in the Mediterranean Sea. She was sunk off Beirut in 1972 by an Israeli Limpet mine. The inferred "CIA Spy Ship" rumours are well-founded by more than just coincidence alone. The Sea Org sold the Apollo around 1978 when it moved onshore in 1975. The Apollo was later sold to a shipping company who renamed her 'Arctic Star' and she was refitted. She was intended to be used as a 'research vessel' or a floating restaurant. The Apollo met an ignominious fate when written-off by a rogue freight train at Brownsville, Texas in 1983.

Early Sea Org members 1972-86:

NB: This is a partial list of Sea Org crew aboard the 'Apollo' between 1968 and 1976.

(Maiden/married names are shown where known).

H Keith Hanson Sue Hanson (Anderson) Jonah Harris Arden Harrison Ed Hayes Ralph Hilton Jon Horwich L.Ron Hubbard (Deceased 1986) Arthur Hubbard Diana Hubbard (Horwich) Mary Sue Hubbard (Deceased) Suzette Hubbard Quentin Hubbard (Deceased 1978) Brent Hurst IJ Paul Ilott David James Laurie Jensen Amos Jessup Nate Jessup Rebecca Jessup  Lois Jory (Reisdorf) Linda Johnson Sandra Johnson Gene Juss KLM Richard Kaminski Bill Lowrance Jon Lundeen Wayne Marple David Mayo (Deceased 2020) Merrill Mayo Murdoch McBride Frank McCall John McClean John McLean Annie McGinley John McGinley Bonnie McPeek Janice Mead Des McMillan Susan Meister Kenilee Moore Stuart Moreau Cathy Mullins Dave Murphy John Murphy Chuck Murray NO John Nelson Laurie Noonan (Englehart) Gwen North P Sven Peterson Vicki Polimeni Des Popham Joyce Popham Claire Popham Bill Potter Philip Park Inez Park QR David Richards Sylvia Race Mike Rapkin Charles Reisdorf Pauline Reisdorf Gary Reisdorf Gale Reisdorf (Irwin) Dede Reisdof Share Rice Cathy Rinder Mike Rinder Terry Risvold Jesse Rivera Bill Robertson Tom Rodrigues Otto Roos Robin Roos Karl Rosenkranz Charlie Rush

Recent additions: (Please add any of our old friends and colleagues that we have missed) -ED.

• Al Bornstein
• Ron Strauss
• Anabelle Buchanan,
• Sharone Stainforth,
• Michael Stainforth,
• Hana Eltringham,
• Maria Starkey,
• Norman Starkey
• Neville Chamberlin,
• Gillian Nieman,
• Malcolm Nieman,
• Claire Popham,
• Bill Deitsch,
• Irene Dunleavy,
• Tony Dunleavy,
• Baron Berez,
• Craig Defan,
• Joyce Popham,
• Goran Anderson,
• Joyce Barnes,
• Dave Barnes.
• Scott Mayer.

External links

• http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/docs/apollo-crew-list-22apr1971.txt
• A devil's child no more...
• The Sea Organization

Videos

• National: Leaving the Church, But Not the Faith