BP ships served on

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi All.
I might as well be head of the thread. British Tankers I served on.
British Scout 1951, British Fern 1951, British Navigator 1952, British Piper 1953, British Captain 1953, British Guardian four trips 1954, British Builder 1955 to 1956.
Cheers Des

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Des,
Dont ask me when it was,but i know that my late brother was on The British Aviator as Second Engineer! The thing that i am puzzled about is that i cannot get a record of this voyage of his,any ideas!
Cheers
Vernon

[happy daze john in oz]

Did the maiden voyage of the British Hawthorn in 1964, second of the tree class. Got a hernia loading ships stores, but she was a good ship.

[jim brindley]

hi des,@john was ab on british promise 1946 47 , abandan aden a few times then to freemantle in oz then home to scouseland , worst feeder i sailed on,still would love to be down with a hose washing out the tanks, cheers jim,inoz

[kevhogg]

Sailed on BP Battler and British Reliance also LNG (BP Managed tankers) Al Kaznah & SS Shahama.Canny ships but too much bull for my liking.
Kev

[happy daze john in oz]

G'day Jim mate, hows things? Only B.P. I sailed on was British Hawthorn on maiden voyage 1964. Great ship, single cabins all mod cons and all steamed food in port, yuk! I was also on a few promises in my time Jim lad.

[Scully]

Some of the BP ships my brother John Scully sailed on:
British Prospector
British Explorer
British Pioneer
British Tweed
British Tamar
British Maple
I think there were more but I don't yet have a full list.
Kind regards everyone,
Tracey. R59268 HSOD

[Jim Power]

Br Freedom/BrResource/Br Councillor/Clyde Envoy/Br Strength/Br Hussar(twice)/Br Judge/Br Ambassador/Br Star/Br Willow/Br Comet/Br Gull/Br Cavalier/Br Tenacity/Br Argosy/Br Ensign and I"d say the happiest of the lot was the Gull

[Gary Worton]

ref post #1
Hi shipmates;

[Gary Worton]

Hi me hearties;

My first venture into the unknown and misterious world of maritime servitude was on the British Bulldog back in 1957. I recall that we signed on in Tilbury and were then bussed to the Isle of Grain. I was one of two deck boys, both first trippers. At the time, the Suez Canal was still blocked, care of that nice Mr. Nasser, so we had to go all the way round the Cape, with only the occassional glimps of land. We called at Tennerife for bunkers after three days and, 28 days later, tied up at Mina-al-Ahmadi (Kuwait) for 12 hours. That's how long it took to fill her up with crude. After another thirty days at sea, we arrived back at the Isle of Grain, where I promptly announced my resignation. Four hours in Tennerife and 12 hours in Mina over a two month period was not my idea of seeing the world. Still, the ship was pretty good and I had no complaints foodwise. More later, so 'bye for now folks.

Yorkie