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    Smile Port Alfred

    Hullo Four Bells - just spotted your note there for chippy John, I'll try and work out how to contact folk direct or do drop me a line with your name and I'll pass your message onto dad. I think he's still honing his drinking skills...

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    Smile Port Alfred

    Hullo Four Bells - ever so sorry for late response, I didn't receive a notification from your reply to this thread and just spotted your message. Please do drop me a line with your name and I'll let dad know. He's still honing his drinking skills! Livy Sholly

    p.s. is it better to reply to this thread or should I be contacting people direct - not sure how this forum lark works best.

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    Well my good friend G
    Coop sent me the link to this site.

    As a young new Zealander I had the privilage of servind as the second sparky after the P/Alfred came of the Jap run and after taking over from the last elec (who jumped over) I saw him once as I went on deck after the second showing of the latest pic.
    Gosts do walk the (did) walk the ship.

    The Chief engineer and indeed all enginers had been I think :Clyde ship yard" trained and therefore were the best in the world. The Chief in his cabin could tell from the ships "Vibration??" what was goimg on with every engine in the engine room. The second reported and was second god.

    The chief electraction that trained me was a master.

    So very thnkful that I have this opptunity to express my appreciation. It may go nowere, but at least I have said thanks to the great masters that once controled the ships of the sea.

    Regards Dennis

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    New hands trained by old hands who were only too willing to pass on their knowledge, the more you learnt quickly the safer everybody was and you in your turn passed it on. Saw a programme the other day where-in a mid 20's deckhand couldn't tie a bowline, glad I'm ashore!

    Welcome aboard Dennis

    Get your stories ready

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    Port Alfred... Anyone trade at the nameplace, is up the Saguenay river, off the St. Lawrence. Was there numerous times but never ashore. Was only ashore once when left the ship after 12 months, and as was dark was driven up to the airport and out. Dont even know if there was a township there or not anyone ever ashore there. JS

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    Hi there I was a deck boy on the Port Alfred on its maiden run . Lou Peters was a ordinary seaman also Big Bill, and Little Jimmy, were the other two deck boys. My first trip after getting out of Gravesend Sea School. KG 5 pool.
    My name Johnny Lamarre , We did the East Coast of the States, then down to New Zealand and ,then back home for Pay off at KG 5 Can anyone remember little bo bo , the bosons real name , I can remember a few of the deck crew and the quartermaster Old Solly Have some photo s of the run.

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    Hi J.S Re your query visiting Port Alfred, I went there on the maiden voyage of the "Port Adelaide" in 1951, can't remember
    much we did go ashore and frequented a café (drug store) because it had a juke box, the locals kept playing David Whitfield
    songs to make us feel at home, we kept on playing Sugarbush by Doris Day to get our own back, they made us very welcome
    and had good couple of days there, little grey cells not able to remember to many details, but Chicoutimi rings a bell at the back
    of my mind. F.

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    Joined with you but only stayed 19 months . Dave was great bosun . A good job really on that run . Still in touch with Jim Tubridy (AB) who in turn knows a lot of ex Alfred lads in Kiwi . John Webster

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    Port Alfred Off No.302569 Signal letters G H H D
    Builders Harland & Wolff, Belfast
    Launched 8th Sept 1960, Delivered 1st March 1961
    LOA 500' 2" Beam 67' 6"
    GRT 9043.99 NRT 5034.47
    DWT 10,330 on 28' 3.5"
    Displacement 17,590
    (all tons and not tonnes)
    Propeller Dia 19' 00" Pitch 16' 5.5" Material Nikalium, weight 14.7 tons
    Main Engine H & W single acting two stroke #1630, 7 cylinders, consumption 37 tons per day at 17 knots on summer load line

    Crew accommodation 79, Passenger accommodation 10

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    Hi Dennis - do you recall when you were on the ship? I am searching for a specific person who was in NZ in 1968. Cheers

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