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10th October 2022, 07:00 PM
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Re: ship call signs
MY dads ship the mod trawler Robert Hastie, her call sign was seagull 18
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10th October 2022, 07:22 PM
#42
Re: ship call signs
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MY dads ship the mod trawler Robert Hastie, her call sign was seagull 18
Now if you had said this in your Post #36 here ship call signs - Page 4 (merchant-navy.net) i could have made more sense of it!
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Robert Hastie 1912 (tynebuiltships.co.uk)
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10th October 2022, 09:17 PM
#43
Re: ship call signs
Funny how some things stick , one call sign I remember is I.E.N.G dammed if I can remember the name of the ship?
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10th October 2022, 10:36 PM
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Re: ship call signs
What Year was the Ship, and was it a British one ?
Just looking ! Could be an Italian Ship you were on then ??
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11th October 2022, 07:10 AM
#45
Re: ship call signs
Not Italian she may have been one of Arklow shipping Irish flag. I was doing a service job on her engine while she was in port
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11th October 2022, 01:16 PM
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Re: ship call signs
That callsign is a Italian ships callsign. if you have got the I & E wrong and should read EING then it would be Irish callsign. Rgds Den
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11th October 2022, 06:49 PM
#47
Re: ship call signs
From Olsen's Fishermans Nautical Almanack 1949.
Robert Hastie ON. 133303. Port Letter. S.N. Fishing No. 189. Radio call or signal letters. MDTN. Steel construction. NetTons. 81. H.P. 80. Built 1912. @ South Shields. Owner R. Hastie & Sons North Shields.
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11th October 2022, 11:03 PM
#48
Re: ship call signs
Registered in North Shields then ? As per SN. JS ....
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