BP ships served on

[John Small]

Hello Michael

I was on British Signal December 1961 tthro toAugust !962

I sailed on a couple of other BP tankers as well

Regards John

[John Small]

Hello redseatiger

I was on British Queen 2nd June 1961 thro to June 1961 I was on other BP tankers as Well

Regards Uskside

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi Ship mates,My first trip deep sea British Commerce, Her first trip? then british patrol, British hawthorn, British merlin, Great crews' except the first one did not understand any one for the a few weeks, easy jobs but too much green paint on the flying bridge, and what all those round wheels on the deck for?and why butter worth washing machines'? what wrong with hotpoint or servis? must be the oil fumes' still makeing me go strange after all the years

[Graham Payne]

Hi Mates, I was on a few, all decent , good accomodation, good food, and "Ratings & Officers alike" really nice blokes, but funnily enough the best one was the old "British Patrol" running from Grain to Scandinavian ports with products not "Crude". That ship was so laid back it was like a pleasure cruise. VERY HAPPY DAYS.
Be Lucky All.

[steve.barnes]

Hello again. Well I did the crossing on the Oasis. A lot, lot different from the old days. Great time though and the ship is truly amazing. The engine room is incredible and there is so many computer screens down there it's hard to believe there is any engineers down there (but the overalls give them away). Then as amazing as the engine room was the bridge is even more exciting. The ship is driven by three Azi-pods and several bow thrusters so it can turn in its own length. Gone is the chart table, no more big rubber hood covering the radar.

And from the point of view of what I was doing there is over 1000 Access Points throughout the ship and coverage everywhere.

Booz is a lot more expensive that the officers mess on an old BP Tanker though ;-)


I enjoy reading through the threads here but it seems most of the people who are posting sailed on ships in the 60's or earlier. Where are all the folks who sailed in the 70's?

Keep well everyone, hope you all had a great Xmas and an even better New Year (me, I'm off to Vegas to see the new year in).

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Steve Barnes
Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
Here you will find lots of info,good Crew and with luck also find a few old Shipmates!
So sit back,relax and just enjoy the trip!
Hope we will have you here for a long time!
A site truly worthy of the British Merchant Navy!
Cheers

[Mike Kelly]

hi des do you have a pic of the navigator i sailed on her in 62, 10 years after you, so she was knocking on a bit then, but jumped ship in mombasa got fed upgoing in and out of the suez canel cheers mike

[Gulliver]

Hi Mike K. Here's two pics of the 'old'British Navigator(one light,one loaded.)She lasted with BP 'til' 64 and was broken up in Bruges 22/6/64

http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Bl/slides/British%20Navigator-01.html
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Bl/slides/British%20Navigator-04.html

Cheers!
Gulliver

[AJ Hawker]

Hi Mike
I have a pic of the British Navigator ( 1951 ) if you are interested.
Cheers AJ

[tsell]

I haven't come across anybody who sailed on the 'British Caution' yet. I did a few trips on her in 1952/53.

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