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Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

Ir-Rocky u l-Lanca Pompei

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-03-02
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    • Part of Memorja

This short story is about an ordeal which the crew of the trawler Pompei experienced during a storm. The trawler together with a crew of thirteen men were on its way to the port of Lampedusa. The lighthouse of the port of Lampedusa was in sight, when a storm brew-up from the north west. The storm was so strong that the large trawler was almost going to capsize. The trawler’s captain Girlando Policardi who was an experienced sea captain from Lampedusa, was terrified and handed the helm to the trawler’s owner Giuseppi Zerafa, known as Ir-Rocky. The youngest member of the crew Giuseppe Mattina, who was 13 years old, was very seasick. After a twenty-four-hour ordeal they managed to arrive safely at the port of Lampedusa.

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Written Account

  • MT NAM MEM-0049GM-01-01
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  • 01/08/2019

    • Part of Memorja

Giacomo Matina spoke about his life in Lampedusa, where he was born and when he took up the fisherman's trade. His life constituted of migration since he emigrated to Malta when he got married to a Maltese woman, Carmela, and then he emigrated again to Australia to provide a better life for his children. His contribution to this theme has been very important since he spoke of fishermen from Marsaxlokk and about the 'Rocky' family who were his adoptive family in Malta.

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