In the Autumn of 1966 while waiting for a berth at La Spezia before being converted to a bulk carrier, the London Valour filled time making a couple of trips between Amsterdam and Bajo Grande (Lake Maracaibo). Heading for Amsterdam with the first cargo we were approaching the Azores, knowing from the then relatively vague Atlantic weather reports, that there was a very deep depression around somewhere. The 2nd Mate had planned a course further to the North to miss where he thought it would be, but was overruled by the Old Man.

This is the Old Man's weather we were heading into around four in the afternoon before things turned unpleasant in the night. Not long after I took the photo, a big sea eagle swept in and settled down by the top of the starboard goal post. The mate said it looked like the eagle thought it was going to get rough. Through the night we had near continuous thunder and lightning around us. The eagle left as it came light on the Mate's watch in the morning.