MARRIED AT SEA

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1932, Page 3

MARRIED AT SEA

IMPROVISED ALTAR IN SALOON. • steamer WAS chartered. LONDON, September 15.' Th» «alson of the steamer Sir Francis Drake was turned' into a church outride trie three rirrie limit oh Plymouth yesterday, arid a marriage was performed in it by the Rural Dean of (Plymouth, Prebendary C. W. H. bO'.eU. . i : : The couple were Miss Has e Otteeen arid Mr Bertram Pyoness, both Norwegians. The bridegroom Had just returned to England in the s.s, Childar, of which' he'ii second mate, after being away from Europe for lour years. Mi a Otteien, his sweetheart, came to Plymouth to meet him,'and 'they decided to get married, but neither of them had the necessary residential qualifications to be married in England. It was found that the only way a marriage could be performed to the satisfaction of the Norwegian and British authorities was at sea. .

The steamer, cvhich is norma'ly u'ecb for' transferring passengers ■ and mails from liners to the chore, was chartered by the Norwegian Consul at Plymouth. Outside the threo-mile. limit a cfuc>fi> and lighted candles were placed on a table’ in the main saloon to improvise an/ altar, and tbs ceremony *was performed. An entry was made’ in ' the. boat’s log and a marriage certificate: legal in, both 'countries was' issued.,’