BP ships served on

Builder offered my ship 'British Guardsman' a tongue in cheek tow.We blew a boiler in the Persian gulf 1964.

hey taff, we made it back to grange mouth on our own, where i paid off november 55, you must have been on the next trip. on our trip we were also continually breaking down. while in for repairs, got to see some interesting places, beruit, pireaus, venice. as a first trip deck boy, beruit will always be special, as you all can well guess.
regards, stan

Hi Barry,

I just sent you a private message, I collect old BP docs especially Ships movemebnts/Fleet News. You appear on a database I made of ex BP Navigating Apprentices 1948/85.

Graham Wallace

:D Grand to be on a list or two somewhere !!
Look forward to catching up and learning more ... will e-mail you
barry

I will have to dig out my old discharge book but the ships I served on were roughly as follows:

Br Swift 1972 as an Eng Cad then:
Br Progress, Surveyor, Scientist, Gannet, Beech, Patience, Sivand (Irano British) several 'R' boats and ended up in the Falklands on the Forth in 1982.
Fond memories. But took redundancy and ran :-)

Nick

Hello Nick
As said gald you joined us here on site,hope we will have you with us for a long time !
Lots to peruse and enjoy!
So sit back relax,grab a Tinny and just let you fingers do the talking (not walking haha!)
Cheers

:cool:old b.p tankers isailed in ,british grenadier pay off xmas eve 1965.
british poplar 1966.
british workman 66
british judge paid off irland
british lantern 1967
british vine 67
british lantern paid off Antwerp,went aground in the river,small tanker which was to take off some of the oil exploded alongside,
one crewman on other ship killed,bits of her bulkheads fro accomadation landed on our deck.

I know the Second Mate ( John Crosbie) on the Lantern when she was aground in Antwerp 1967.
Graham

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Originally Posted by Nick FENN

I will have to dig out my old discharge book but the ships I served on were roughly as follows:

Br Swift 1972 as an Eng Cad then:
Br Progress, Surveyor, Scientist, Gannet, Beech, Patience, Sivand (Irano British) several 'R' boats and ended up in the Falklands on the Forth in 1982.
Fond memories. But took redundancy and ran :-)

Nick

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Nick , I have sent you a private message. I know quite a few people who sailed with you .

Graham Wallace (ex 1955 BP Engineering Apprentice)

My late father was on BP Tankers.