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On reaching the Southwest coast of Iceland, the trawlers I worked on would shoot their gear to ‘stretch the warps’ before proceeding to the fishing...
by Published on 12th February 2024 10:26 AM
I read in the latest newsletter that it is possible to hack into modern global navigation systems which set me thinking as I had often wondered how...
by Published on 1st January 1970 12:00 AM
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This was in late December 1954. I had been taken on as a deck apprentice by Overseas Tankship UK Ltd, a.k.a. Caltex which was an American company...
by Published on 17th November 2023 09:57 PM
Watching England play Malta at footie tonight, I saw a Maltese player called Pepe. This rang a bell in my old brainbox.
I left Gravesend School 2...
by Published on 14th November 2023 01:50 PM
I did a 4-month voyage on the London Bridge (a Bowrings bulk carrier) in the aurumn of 1969. We sailed from Rotterdam (to the best of my knowledge,...
by Published on 9th November 2023 11:40 AM
In December 1949 ( yes I know I am an old one) We paid off the s/s J.Duncan in either
Port Talbot or Swansea. we had a quick check over by the black....
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