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12th November 2021, 10:25 AM
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Re: WWII and CRS 10 form
#7. Ivan strange as it may seem , but believe Japan were our allies in the First World War. So maybe they were handed back well before they changed their minds for the second round. Cheers JS
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13th November 2021, 01:01 AM
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Re: WWII and CRS 10 form
I read some book on the history of the Japanese navy years ago, and believe they modelled it on the RN even with a lot of their traditions also. I was at anchor at the South Anchorage - Singapore in the 1990s with about another 80 ships or so. A Japanese training ship joined us for a couple of days , and was a pleasure to see the old time seamanship displayed every morning at 0800 and every sunset just as regards flags ,and the bells rang every half hour. Showed how sloppy the other 81 ships were ,me included. JS.
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14th November 2021, 05:35 PM
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I would be grateful if members could advice me what "V" means under the "other qualifications"mitme on this form please.
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14th November 2021, 09:20 PM
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Hello Patricia
Think may have cracked this ??
Possibly the V indicates as shown on Other Qualifications that he was first a Second Engineer , also then shows as First Class as well, also shows that he served in the National Service , then shown as First class Motorman. This apparently with the Shipping Company Runcimans of North Shields.
So that would indicate the V stands for Verified by the MMB at that time .
This is the only explanation that fits !
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14th November 2021, 11:50 PM
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Just a quickie re Runcmans ...were a Newcastle company , maybe his dis, book was issued in North Shields only , mine was , but after 1953 it was closed down. Runcimans managed in addition 6 empire vessels for the MOWT , I have their names if required ., JS
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15th November 2021, 12:41 AM
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The document is now loaded to the site Doc.
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15th November 2021, 03:37 AM
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Yes i saw that Patricia, that is why i now have been able to decipher that V , i am almost sure that my reasoning is correct!
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15th November 2021, 07:26 AM
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Thankyou so much for this answer Doc.
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