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    Brian, you mention Lyttleton in your story.
    I was there in 2010 when the small quake hit it, it was devastated by the big one in the following year.
    Sadly it is still not open to large shipping the damage was so bad.
    Lovely town with so much history in the old buildings most of which are now gone.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

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    Hi John
    I was there last just before the earthquake, andwent into the pubs we went into as lads, The British, I think they all came down. That was a BAD quake,
    sad
    Brian

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    hello tony
    was colin crannis the bar man was it keith the butcher and alan the baker and cpt chapman the old man
    regards
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Carson View Post
    hello tony
    was colin crannis the bar man was it keith the butcher and alan the baker and cpt chapman the old man
    regards
    F Carson
    yes the names ring a bell ronnie gardener the chief cook i am sure keith a big lad was flown home with a dose of the clap


    regards tony.

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    Hello Tony and all shipmates
    I sailed aboard the Port Launceston on my first trip to sea as a deck boy in August 1967. I did not know what to expect and was very apprehensive sailing down the channel from the London docks and watching the cliffs of Dover slip by. As a first tripper I was naturally the 'peggy' and so spent most of my time looking after the bosun and the the AB's & EDH's. However I learnt a lot and as a sixteen year old could not believe my luck at travelling to Australia via the Med and onto New Zealand. I sailed on Port Nelson as JOS/EDH for 7 trips and the Port Wellington as EDH for two trips and they were all good clean ships with always excellent food and generally happy crews and officers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tonytobo View Post
    yes the names ring a bell ronnie gardener the chief cook i am sure keith a big lad was flown home with a dose of the clap


    regards tony.
    hello Tony
    i think i was a/s on that trip memory not so good now. was plummer chief steward did 3 trips on the launceston , think the captains were chapman . ward. macmanus,
    cheersFrank

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    [QUOTE=Tony Robinson;30910]Did a five month round the world trip on her in 1965, out to Aus via Panama, home via Suez. Mad McCaskil was Bosun. Did hear he went over the wall one night looking for his brother. Dont know if there was any truth in that, anybody know ?????

    Yes ... I'm fairly sure it was true ... understand it was in the Pacific ... threw a Bosun's Ladder over the side and left in the early hours ... as you say,going to see his brother ... RIP Bosun
    John H ex-Port Line.

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