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12th June 2025,
08:32 AM
Johnny Kieran
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So quiet on here.
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It's gone very quiet on here, almost seems everyone has the hump about something? Or am I imagining it? I've seen it on another forum, and it's...
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20 replies | 482 view(s)
10th June 2025,
04:04 AM
Des Jenkins
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Drs Visit
in
Health Matters
Hi John S Good luck with your Dr's visit tomorrow, hope it all goes well, can't be much wrong as you seem to be able to remember so much Cheers Des
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22 replies | 503 view(s)
4th June 2025,
07:49 PM
Helen Carter
started a thread
Missing information
in
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Hello I’m looking for any information about my uncle, Kenneth R. Simon. We believe he served in the Merchant Navy during WW2, although we’re not...
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18 replies | 745 view(s)
12th June 2025,
05:17 PM
James Curry
started a thread
Aukus
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Well some may be happy but not all. Thing is can America no longer be trusted under the current administration. ...
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16 replies | 402 view(s)
13th June 2025,
09:23 PM
Doc Vernon
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Todays Smile
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Jokes Page
Just a smile for Today Lads! These Irish Jokes are always a laugh! Cheers
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14 replies | 470 view(s)
2nd June 2025,
06:50 AM
happy daze john in oz
started a thread
Food poisoning at sea
in
General Member Discussion
I thought about this when reading another posting. Modern shipping in particularly cruising always has stories in the news of 'ill health' at sea....
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15 replies | 504 view(s)
29th May 2025,
08:22 AM
John Cassels
started a thread
Accensioin day
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Today reminds me of the time long ago when i was discussing with our agent the planning and working of one of our feeder ships in Fredericia ,...
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11 replies | 457 view(s)
3rd June 2025,
06:20 AM
Bob Hay
started a thread
Hello everyone.
in
Welcome - Please say hello.
I've been a Member here years ago and just rejoined (I hope). Bob Hay ex Booth Line, Lamport and Holt etc
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8 replies | 380 view(s)
14th June 2025,
11:30 PM
Doc Vernon
started a thread
Sad Occasion
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Crossed The Bar
It with sadness that i have to announce, the passing of our dear Friend David Williams , he was a good Friend to me and will miss him and his Posts...
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8 replies | 162 view(s)
31st May 2025,
05:50 PM
George Gunn
started a thread
Come on Doc spill the beans ; Loved the James Dean analogy but what about the French Foreign legion
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Absolutely intrigued as I am sure any others who have viewed your profile so please tell us or is it an official secret !!!!
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7 replies | 394 view(s)
31st May 2025,
05:33 PM
James Curry
started a thread
IRA man Adams
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Gerry Adams ,the alledgedly IRA terrorist has just been awarded £84,000 damages against the BBC for libel. He denied he had ordered the murder of a...
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5 replies | 421 view(s)
8th June 2025,
03:21 PM
Robert Walgate
started a thread
Canadian Pacific skipper Richard Walgate
in
Canadian Pacific
Hi there mariners! Anyone have any recollections of my late father, Richard Walgate, who became Commodore of CPS in the 1960s? As a boy I sailed with...
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6 replies | 212 view(s)
8th June 2025,
02:12 PM
George Gunn
started a thread
Abandoned ship full of EVs burning in the Pacific.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
A cargo ship transporting 3,000 cars abandoned in the middle of the Pacific after massive fife broke out it is thought that the fire was fueled by...
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3 replies | 434 view(s)
31st May 2025,
09:39 PM
James Curry
started a thread
Couple of funnies
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3 replies | 530 view(s)
1st June 2025,
02:28 PM
Bryan Portwig
started a thread
mystery item
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
I recently came across this Certificate ? amongst some newspaper clippings I am sorting out - it was sent to me by a person who had sent me a bunch...
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4 replies | 253 view(s)
2nd June 2025,
08:05 AM
Geraldine Comiskey
started a thread
Voreda seaman's accident near New Orleans 1938
in
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Hello, I've just joined this site and would be very grateful if anyone could help me find out about the above-mentioned ship and its crew -...
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5 replies | 231 view(s)
Yesterday,
12:13 PM
Mike Hall
started a thread
Where is it going.
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
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4 replies | 62 view(s)
12th June 2025,
04:49 PM
James Curry
started a thread
Yet another container
in
News Snippets
Yet another container ship fire. The fire was well ablaze on the Singapore-flagged container vessel MV Wan Hai 503 on Monday Not sure what they...
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3 replies | 164 view(s)
31st May 2025,
09:48 AM
Tony Taylor
started a thread
Anyone want a lodger
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2 replies | 356 view(s)
13th June 2025,
09:25 AM
James Curry
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Site timing out
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Question is anyone finding they site times out? I have had several posts when I go to post them I have been timed out and had to log back in again,...
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3 replies | 137 view(s)
13th June 2025,
10:31 PM
Doc Vernon
started a thread
Old Timetable
in
Trivia and Interesting Stuff
This one is for Des. But of course all are welcome to look! LOL Des remember these time, or are they too old ! LOL cHEERS
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3 replies | 135 view(s)
6th June 2025,
09:01 AM
vic mcclymont
started a thread
South Africa
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
The South African DOT(Department of Transport) have invited interested groups in forming a committee to look at proposal to form a new State owned...
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2 replies | 230 view(s)
8th June 2025,
09:51 PM
John Arton
started a thread
Seductive wife
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Jokes Page
In a seductive voice, the wife asked her husband if he would like to see a crumpled £20,yes please he says, the wife slowly unbuttons her top and ...
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1 replies | 321 view(s)
30th May 2025,
12:24 PM
happy daze john in oz
started a thread
Great britain
in
Poetry & Ballads
This transcript comes from a video sent to me by my sister in UK. The guy who read it out was not the author but by the conclusion had become...
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1 replies | 296 view(s)
Yesterday,
01:06 PM
John Arton
started a thread
Wire splicing
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
When splicing wire it was useful to tape up the ends of each strand to make it easier to push it through the opening made by your marlin spike. A...
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2 replies | 50 view(s)
5th June 2025,
06:21 AM
j.sabourn
started a thread
Ain’t life great.
in
Jokes Page
After being married for many years ,I took a careful look at my wife one day and said,” when we were first married , we had a cheap house , a junk...
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1 replies | 224 view(s)
4th June 2025,
03:51 PM
John Arton
started a thread
Dali bridge audio transcript
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
https://gcaptain.com/vdr-transcripts-reveal-alarms-missed-warnings-in-hours-before-dalis-fatal-crash-with-baltimore-bridge/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50...
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1 replies | 197 view(s)
2nd June 2025,
10:55 AM
James Curry
started a thread
Ukriane & Drones
in
News Snippets
How to fight a war on a budget. Ukraine bought or made a load of drones . Put them in converted shipping containers drove them several hundred Kms...
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1 replies | 135 view(s)
10th June 2025,
10:24 AM
Nadine Allen
started a thread
Where would my friend send interesting old seamans documents
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Ask the Forum
Hello, A friend of mine has several documents belonging to her Grandfather or Great Grandfather who was a Merchant Seaman, which document the...
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1 replies | 133 view(s)
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