Apologies if this is not the right place, can't find a better one.
Going through and digitizing my grandfather's (British Royal Navy) post-ww2 picture collection and he has this guy (left) http://i.imgur.com/BTdXneJ.jpg noted down as 'Sizal of Beegondeck'. 'Sizal of Beegondeck & Hands Taking Salute On Leaving Ship'.
Being 'Greeted by Skipper' http://i.imgur.com/zWxtUHZ.jpg
'HRH Sizal of Beegondeck Comes Aboard Kenya' http://i.imgur.com/RBk1Zvx.jpg
Googling it, the closest thing to Sizal is a plant called Sisal, and there are no results for Beegondeck. I'm baffled. My thoughts are ranging from 'dodgy scam artist getting a free tour' to my granddad completely mishearing someone's title. He's too dead atm to ask, so any light anyone can shed would be fantastic.
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Also, whether this helps or hinders, the event may be from 1947: this service history says the HMS Kenya was on the west coast of Canada then. CFB Equimault is the naval base in the Victoria area.
1947
Her first cruise between January and April included British Honduras, Cuba Dominica, Haiti before going to Puerto Rica and ports in Brazil. After return in April she took part in exercises based Acapulco in Mexico, California and Canada followed by Alaska. On her return passage she called in Portland, Oregon an San Francisco and the final visit was to Manzillo, Mexico. On arrival at Bermuda in October she was ordered back to UK to pay off as part of the reductions in Fleet strength due to manning problems. She Paid-off into Reserve in November.
Thanks for sharing the pictures!
The dockside photographs at the start of the set were quite likely taken in Esquimalt. The industrial building in the background in a couple of the photographs has a partially visible sign with a "YA" on it. That may be part of Yarrows Shipyard, which was located there. The first photograph also shows a gangplank with "drydock" marked on it, so Kenya may have been in drydock when the photographs were taken.
It's possible that "HRH Sizal of Beegondeck" is a made-up character, and that he and his entourage are part of a public entertainment or event of some sort. As you note, sisal is a plant fibre (used to make rope, among other things), and "Beegondeck" sounds like a play on "big on deck" (a very important person?).
In addition to the other suggestions, you could try contacting the Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum to see if they can help shed any light on this.
(Edit: minor tweak to wording.)
