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    HI any Deck crew out there who sailed on her the trip she caught fire cheers NINTY

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    Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
    Here you will find lots of info,good Crew and with luck also find a few old Shipmates!
    So sit back,relax and just enjoy the trip!
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    A site truly worthy of the British Merchant Navy!
    Sorry i wasnt there so no cant help,but i am sure with a bit of time there will be some who may recall you or that incident!
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    hi ninty dont no what date that was,but isailed on her from 9/9/1970to20/12/1970 we had a boatman murderd on that trip,i was the assistant boatman the lads first name was jim he was a good guy.cookie

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    Hi Cookie. I joned the Akaroa in london april 1970 and payed off as you joined her in oct 70 good ship great great deck crew. I joined Baltic boats after her,what I would give to be back there again??Regards ninty

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    gday i was on the AKAROA the same time as you were . my name is terry criddle my brother mick was also onboard. as was a friend of ours barry beer . me and my brother and barry did two trips. we were onboard when christine killed her ( HUSBAND) richard dyball. we put richard down number one hatch in the freezer!. can you remember the crew being banned from barbados because taffy started a fight in a bar ashore and the bar got wrecked. also the scouse steward who used to dress up as superman dived out the window thinking he was on the ground floor and got it wrong. we were on the second and he broke his arm.

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    G'day Terence and welcome to the site. Good yarn there and no doubt you have a few more to relate. Do you have a list of your ships and maybe some dates? If so and you care to list them on site you may well get to hear from some others who knew you. So sit back with a cold one and enjoy the voyage.
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    Hi Terence
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    Quote Originally Posted by terence d criddle View Post
    gday i was on the AKAROA the same time as you were . my name is terry criddle my brother mick was also onboard. as was a friend of ours barry beer . me and my brother and barry did two trips. we were onboard when christine killed her ( HUSBAND) richard dyball. we put richard down number one hatch in the freezer!. can you remember the crew being banned from barbados because taffy started a fight in a bar ashore and the bar got wrecked. also the scouse steward who used to dress up as superman dived out the window thinking he was on the ground floor and got it wrong. we were on the second and he broke his arm.
    Hi Terence, I remember the events you stated but also remember 2 brothers kicking off in the crews mess & wrecking the joint, one of them was called Terry think he was the butcher ? (was that you ) lol do you remeber Ron Bartholemew. Happy days

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    me and my brother were too quite to smash up messrooms. do you remember sid the yid the bosun and the big scots lamptrimmer. what about ginger knut the A.B .

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    hi Terence i was not on the Akaroa but was on the Tamaroa july 53 to march 54 it would seem as the two ships had the same life christmas 53 we had a blow back from the oil fired galley stove which took flames & smoke up in to the air vents lucky not to much damage but we asst cooks had a bit of a laugh when the little chef trying to wipe the foam of the christmas dinner turkey then in the refueling place at caracas ? bay (before we went in to the panama cannal one of the steward s started a fight with the big local workers yes time for us to leave the rum & cokes and back to the ship . safe trips mate a great way to remember the good days is this merchant navy site Lennon john
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