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14th October 2015, 09:00 AM
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My BP Ships 1980 - 1986
BP Shipping 1980 - 1986
SS Sivand - 1980 (Bosun was Archie Biggins)
MV British Dart - 1980 (Bosun was Joe Coward)
MV British Humber - 1981 (Bosun was Joe Coward)
SS British Explorer - 1981 (Bosun was Joe Coward, we took the ship to the scrapyard in Taiwan)
MV Jolly Sprite (Vic Bilh) - 1982 (Bosun was George Cowie...AKA Cowies Cowboys, we were the first crew to take over the ship from the Koreans, who had run the vessel aground going up to Antwerp)
MV British Tenacity - 1982 (Bosun was George Cowie...AKA Cowies Cowboys)
MV British Tay - 1983 (Bosun was George Cowie...AKA Cowies Cowboys)
Coltair - 1983 - 1985
Iolair - 1986
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9th May 2021, 11:54 PM
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Re: My BP Ships 1980 - 1986
Originally Posted by
Darryl Fury
BP Shipping 1980 - 1986
Iolair - 1986
You must have been on the Jolly Sprite the same time as me, did you pay off in Lisbon ? We stayed on for two weeks there before she went into dry dock.
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 10th May 2021 at 02:22 AM.
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10th May 2021, 02:45 PM
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Re: My BP Ships 1980 - 1986
My Dad Dave McGee was PO & CPO with BP 1974-1986
"Across the seas where the great waves grow, there are no fields for the poppies to grow, but its a place where Seamen sleep, died for their country, for you and for peace" (Billy McGee 2011)
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