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    SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

    Full Name
    Christopher Hurren
    Discharge Book Number
    R658978
    Department
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    Your Rank/Rating
    Apprentice to Deck Officer
    Which Ships were you on and When
    SS Marabank Aug. 1956 to Sept. 1958 App.
    MV Streambank Nov. 1958 to May 1960 App.
    MV Laganbank June 1960 to July 1960 App.
    SS Hendrik Jan. 1961 to April 1961 3rd Mate.
    MV Eastbank July 1961 Jan. 1962 3rd Mate.
    MV Seamew Feb. 1962 to August 1962 2nd Mate.
    SS Jamaica Planter Dec. 1962 to Feb. 1963. 2nd Mate.
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    Served Apprenticeship with Bank Line then served as 3rd Mate with Bank Line, 2ndMate with General Steam Nav. Co. and Jamaica Banana Shipping Co. until March 1963 when I left the Sea to marry my lovely wife. Still married 55 years later and remember my life in the Merchant Navy with great affection.

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    Welcome aboard Christopher just in time for Xmas. LOL
    Thanks for joining and listing your details on our Crew lists,always nice to have new Entries
    Enjoy the site
    Cheers
    Senior Site Moderator-Member and Friend of this Website

    R697530

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    Welcome Christopher, you appear to have started your time about the same time in Bank line as a friends younger brother. My friend is/was David Young and his younger brother was I think Ronald Young but maybe wrong with the Christian name but think it started with an R. He went on to become master with Bank Line. But must have left sometime previous to the Falklands conflict as next appeared as a navigator on one of the merchant ships in the invasion fleet. Not too long after the Falklands I read his epitaph in the local paper as having died with a heart attack on the deck of a supply vessel up the Persian Gulf. Believe there are those on site who sailed with Bank Line. Regards JS
    Last edited by j.sabourn; 23rd December 2018 at 11:43 PM.

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    Hi J. S. Thanks for your post. I didn’t know your friends son, but that’s not unusual in such a large company as Bank Line. I’m hoping to share some memories and photos on the site next year. Regards from Chris Hurren

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    He was my friends younger brother Chris, I’m not that old...yet. Another one I sailed with out of Bank Line about your time was an engineer called Norman Hutchinson an ex Belfast B special. To me he was the spitting image of that old film star Bruce Cabot if you can remember that far back. We all look forward to photos on here. Any spare Port Said ones also. Cheers JS.

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