Easter egg giveaway says thank you to seafarers

Foreign and UK seafarers visiting Falmouth Docks this Easter each had an Easter egg delivered to them to mark the occasion.

For the second year running, The Mission to Seafarers Falmouth, in partnership with Apostleship of the Sea at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Killigrew, Falmouth have provided enough eggs to ensure that all 154 crew members of the various ships currently in Falmouth Docks each have a chocolate egg in time for Easter.

Penny Phillips, Chairman of The Mission to Seafarers (who operate inside Falmouth Docks), said, "We were delighted to be able to say thank you to the seafarers who bring our daily needs and to celebrate Easter by the giving of eggs.

"The congregation of St Mary's have again proved their generosity by providing over 100 eggs, with the Mission to Seafarers topping up as necessary.

"When I started checking how many eggs would be needed, it came as a pleasant surprise to know that we would have 11 ships to visit, with 154 eggs being delivered."

Falmouth Docks currently has seven vessels alongside or in dock for repair - the Ocean Alert, Harefield, Milford Fisher, Commodore Goodwill, RT Alliance, Symphorine, and Sea Kestrel (cargo). Eggs were also delivered to the bunkering tankers Whitstar and Whitchampion.

The MCA tug Anglian Princess, the Mission's adopted ship, received Easter eggs with her stores delivery whilst in the Bay, and eggs were also despatched to the superyacht Teleost, under repair in Pendennis Shipyard, whose Filipino crew have been befriended by the Mission.

The delivery was carried out in two waves by volunteers from both The Mission to Seafarers and Apostleship of the Sea.