BP British Signal at Das Island 1962

[JamesL]

Thanks John -

for those interested- the official BP record for 1962 shows the British Signal sailing to Aden. I would guess this was changed en voyage. John does not recall the ship going to Aden, but has proof it reached Glasgow a month later. Normally he sailed to the Isle of Grain, so it seems most probable it went to Scotland - perhaps to a refinery there?

In case it jogs any memories, here is a list of the Signal's crew from dry dock to June '62, so just before John signed on. It comes from the website BP Marine Engineering Apprentices
I'll post a link here to the article when it appears.

SS British Signal

Master F S Hall
1/O R M Rowntree
Ex.1/O J T Duncan
2/O J A M Taylor
3/O P Cuttell
R/O C H Hemsley
Nav/App. P F Grout
Nac/App. E Jones
Nav/App J A Wiseman
Nav/App I G C McAffer
C/E J Wilson
2/E J F Rose
3/E D Burleigh
Ex/E 4th S C Armet
4/E D Oliver
J/E J Watson
J/E A D Tosh
J/E O Lanaghan
J/E D H K Simpson
Electn. A J Lawrence
Ch/Stwd G P Allan
2/Stwd J Fowler
Ch/Cook H M Spivey
2/Cook M R Bonney
Carpenter J E Dickerson
Boatswain J Breen
ERS D McKellar
ERS R S Cogger
DKM J McFarlane
DKM J F Rea

[john firmin]

Thanks John -

for those interested- the official BP record for 1962 shows the British Signal sailing to Aden. I would guess this was changed en voyage. John does not recall the ship going to Aden, but has proof it reached Glasgow a month later. Normally he sailed to the Isle of Grain, so it seems most probable it went to Scotland - perhaps to a refinery there?

In case it jogs any memories, here is a list of the Signal's crew from dry dock to June '62, so just before John signed on. It comes from the website BP Marine Engineering Apprentices
I'll post a link here to the article when it appears.

[/I]

As John paid off in "Glasgow" the British Signal would have berthed at Finnart on Loch Long, on the West Coast of Scotland. This was a deep water oil terminal port. The oil was then pumped across Scotland to BP's Grangemouth refinery on the Firth of Forth.

Kind regards,

John.

[Gulliver]

As John paid off in "Glasgow" the British Signal would have berthed at Finnart on Loch Long, on the West Coast of Scotland. This was a deep water oil terminal port. The oil was then pumped across Scotland to BP's Grangemouth refinery on the Firth of Forth.

Kind regards,

John.

Thanks John.I agree that would be most likely.

A small article HERE .(Courtesy of Clydesite)

[Graham Wallace]

Hi John F,

Glad to hear you are around once more. I had a bit of a surprise seeing the crew list you put up,did not remember that I had put drydock lists up on my website and that was one of them. I had an email direct from James Langton, but when I could give him a proper reply the 4th July had passed, so far he has not replied to me. Just returned home after spending 5 weeks in UK, had a visit to BP HO in Sunbury, there is a story to that!

Incidentally JAM Taylor( 2M on Signal April 1962) is still alive, he was also Chief officer of the Loyalty (Dec 1966) when she took off the 12000 tons of cargo remaining on the Crown after the fire burnt itself out

Graham

[Michael Parkes]

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I was not aware where British Signal loaded, but the discharge port could not have been in Japan looking at the dates.

I did three trips on this ship as an assistant steward, joining her in Glasgow (Finnart) on the 4 August 1962, and left her 4 February 1963 at Tilbury (Isle of Grain). I still have my discharge book.



Michael

[Tabinda Iqbal]

Hi Guys,

I am doing a research on BP tankers that were active in the Middle East between 1960 to 1980. Can anyone help me on this?

[j.sabourn]

LEFO could of been another USA city the Japanese built for dubious reasons. Doesn't surprise me in the least that a newspaper has its facts wrong, would have surprised me more if had got right. JS

[Tony Randerson]

I was an Acting Junior Engineer on her 1970 worst vessel I ever sailed on. Built in Italy the engine room was a mightmare. Joined off Dubai went to La Selina in Venezuala paid off in Falmouth.

[Red Lead Ted]

Just goes to prove that you can't believe everything you read in the paper Davey, even in those days. I often think that if the web was only filled with truth it would be a very small entity compared with what it actually is.

How very true Tony, The net has that many conflicting reports and is never to be thought of as 100% Correct i couldn,t agree more Regards Terry.