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Hi JDT Here is a link to his Seamans Pouch, this will have basic info in it, you would need his CRS10 Cards for his full Service , like
For me Wednesdays allow a perusal of all things nautical here and in various “other places”, to the exclusion of all else for the day, apart
I left school at 16 to serve my apprenticeship, at interview I was asked "are you going to sea when you come out of your time"? Had never given
THree VLCCS all went up within three weeks of each other. Mactra and Marpessa (Shell) and King Haakon . Mactra was commanded by "Pedlar" Palmer
I have nothing, I remember seeing his old cap and jacket and a photo of Aden in the loft of the old house. But all that's gone now. In the 1960's
Well, I believe it was quite efficient as the best medium to shift oily sludge is oil. I was on a VLCC alongside in Europoort when we did some early trials
A bloke has jut been arrested here in NSW for having sex with children he was supposed to look after in Kindergarten's,. It' was a sickening report, his
With ref to the post a great story , it would indeed in that year and at that time it could be proved satisfactory that it was indeed true, but the chances
I’ve been searching for records of my grandfather Fred Jones. Born 5th February 1914 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. He joined the Merchant Navy around
Our flag bears the stars that blaze at night, In our southern skies of blue, And the little old flag in the corner, That’s part of
Hello all. I have joined on behalf of my late Father David John Turner, I know he was an engineer on board SS Aden in the 1960's.
The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia.
