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1st October 2010, 02:59 PM
#1
Catalina Star.
My first ship was M.V Catalina Star which I sailed on as Deck Boy from 30/6/1962 to 24/10/1962. Is there anybody out there ???
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12th February 2011, 02:19 AM
#2
Fremantle Star
This was originally"Empire Haig" then, "Fremantle Star". I was Cadet on there,got terrible 'flu in L/Pool, seem to remember I spent most of the trip cleaning hatches. The Electrician was a total alky,sent home with DTs after trying to fix 500V d.C. winches with the shakes. Happy Days...
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11th November 2011, 02:50 PM
#3
catalina star
i joined her in the august of 1961.where i was the galley boy
one morning i was out on deck peeling potatoes,when i felt a sharp pain in
my side,i woke up in the seamans hospital at greenwich with an appendix problem
i was in the hospital long enough to see the ship sail down the river past the
hospital.she had just left the surrey docks.
so i never sailed on this ship and i still have my appendix
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4th February 2012, 03:16 PM
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Very first deep sea ship. 1963
What a start for a wee country loon
London, Curacao, Panama Canal, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Aden, Suez Canal, Dunkirk, Liverpool.
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5th February 2012, 10:10 AM
#5
theres a facebook page blue star ships bar loads of photos there
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