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    j.sabourn

    Re: Red duster

    #10 Noel I spent 4 years with a Naval Party. On the swing I was on and also the other crew don’t think there were any naval reservists in the MN

    j.sabourn Today, 02:12 AM Go to last post
    j.sabourn

    Re: Death of Innocence.

    What a lot of the general public are seeing today by the random attacks by individuals are a culmination of what was started during the life of this site,

    j.sabourn Today, 12:27 AM Go to last post
    Douglas Bay

    Re: Death of Innocence.

    So were the unmanned V bombs that ploughed into innocent civilians in London - killing thousands.
    Wilful killing, I call that.

    Douglas Bay Yesterday, 08:17 PM Go to last post
    Noel Kelly

    Re: Deck Certification

    I seved my time building steam deck auxilaries like Winch, Windlass, Capstans and as a junior engineer was sent first to a triple expansion Sam boat.

    Noel Kelly Yesterday, 06:08 PM Go to last post
    Noel Kelly

    Re: Concrete Ships

    I spent almost 25 years in the fibre-glass building of yachts from 22 to 57 feet and as I recall there were amateurs building cement sailboats in their

    Noel Kelly Yesterday, 05:43 PM Go to last post
    Noel Kelly

    Re: Red duster

    Funnily enough, my first year at sea 53/54 was spent sailing under the Blue Ensign(duster). The skipper was a Royal Navy reservist and apparently if there

    Noel Kelly Yesterday, 05:25 PM Go to last post
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    Victoria Schofield

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    Thread Starter: Victoria Schofield

    Coming shortly, a revised and expanded edition of The Rescue Ships and the Convoys, Saving Lives during the Second World War. First published in 1968,

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    Bryan Portwig

    cunard princess

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    i have a very poor copy of this cutaway - ant helpers to get a better one please ?

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    Thread Starter: Des Taff Jenkins

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    MSc container ship seized

    Thread Starter: John Arton

    MSc aria was boarded by Iranian revolutionary guards and seized off the coast of Iran. The ship is part of the zodiac maritime fleet on charter to MSC.

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    Thread Starter: John Arton

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