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5th January 2023, 03:00 PM
#261
Re: 1972
Happy New Year to you.
There was a big difference in wages but the overtime with the RMAS more than made up for it. Was posted to the Clyde in 87 and had heard of the incident and I still have contacts who may have been involved. I'll ask around. Didn't stay in Scotland for long and moved to HQ in Bath 1990 and there I stayed until early retirement in 2008 when the RMAS was disbanded.
The Jungle was still there when I did my Eng Cadetship in South Shields but was in decline and only ever visited on a couple of occasions.
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5th January 2023, 04:04 PM
#262
Re: dis A R 419585
Mine was R751066 issued May 1961
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8th January 2023, 01:52 AM
#263
Re: neville
Mine is R 529464 Issued April 1950
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8th January 2023, 05:26 AM
#264
Re: Discharge book number
Mine is R340406 issued in January 1946
Terry Sullivan
Last edited by Terry Sullivan; 8th January 2023 at 05:28 AM.
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8th January 2023, 09:43 AM
#265
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
David, as a result of the Rochdale report, and the new Shipping Act the format of the discharge book was changed, I think from the 1st January 1973 the UK number was adopted, I renewed mine on that date, but kept the R number. It's possible the newer UK ones were issued before that.
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8th January 2023, 09:47 AM
#266
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
Mine was issued at the start of 69. R870515
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8th January 2023, 10:05 AM
#267
Re: dis A R 419585
My discharge book number was R903093 .Gravesend Kent 1971
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8th January 2023, 11:43 AM
#268
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
My number is R 761837 1961.
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8th January 2023, 12:51 PM
#269
Re: dis A R 419585
My father's number was R291179 Issued late November 1943. Thanks for your efforts. G M Martin
Last edited by Gordon Martin; 8th January 2023 at 12:58 PM.
Reason: incorrect spelling
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8th January 2023, 01:04 PM
#270
Re: dis A R 419585
Ahoy Shipmates!! (a nautical hello?)
My Discharge Book number is: UK000076, issued in Cardiff 12/01/1973. So if I was number 76, were there 75 other books issued in the previous 11 days? It would make sense to close the R prefix on 31/12/1972?
One fact and some more questions, sorry lads.
William McCarthy Bank Line Electrician. I made sure I got out before I became a red nosed Lecky!!!
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