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    Quote Originally Posted by j.sabourn View Post
    Re All round signalling lamp was maybe why it was a compulsory item on a ship, as was not too long after the war. Were on all ships of that era. Going up the Great Lakes on their Navigational Rules and Regulations, the whistle or electric horn used for sound signals had to be hooked up to a visual signal also, so was very useful as we used to hook this up the ships hooter. JS
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    My earlier Bristol Ch . tramps .The All round light,was the norm.

    Didn't encounter a Aldis til going upmarket ,with the Cragmoor. Single berth accm'dation too. As opposed to previously open foc'sle,tin plates ,mugs, etc.

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    The Aldis is really a daylight signalling lamp as it is directional. But was also useful for other things like pointing it at various points on the weather deck during bad weather to see if anything adrift like loose tarps or securings on deck cargo. I used it on one occasion as a search light to try and pick out the heads of survivors among floating debris. JWS

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    Gulliver, you could always do what we do here, have personalized number plates.
    Such as Lilput or Gully maybe?
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    hi all, can anybody help, i am trying to find the callsign for MV CORBIERE when she was being used by British Channel islands Ferries on the Weymouth-Guernsey-Jersey run. I thought as she was Bahamas registered she would been a C6 like her three sister ships but cant find anything on the web. I did have it written down somewhere in one of my radio logs but cant locate it. The master /Senior captain was Colin Perkins.
    I am a former member of the ROA and MNA &still licenced . thanking you in advance for your assistance 73`s

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    CORBIERE - IMO 7006314 - Callsign- CFG6209.
    Last edited by Roger Millard; 21st November 2021 at 08:55 PM.

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    seagull 18 anybody know that ship /trawler WW2

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    What type (Class)of Trawler was she ?
    I have looked but cannor find this one ??
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    #36 sounds more like a truckies call sign an old friend of mine his call sign was 2 Dogs, thereafter that was his name outside the cab of his truck also. JS
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    She was armed air sea rescue trawler called Robert Hastie from 1939 to 1944. She was stationed in the fishing port of Killybegs in county Donegal Eire. Her main base was Londonderry where she replenished with stores and fuel etc.

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    Sorry i put my reply on J.Sabourns post

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    My answer is on j.sabourns post sorry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Vernon View Post
    What type (Class)of Trawler was she ?
    I have looked but cannor find this one ??
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    sorry i think i put my answer on j .sanbourns reply post

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