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4th March 2009, 02:43 PM
#1
My bp tankers
hi the bp tankers i was on were
rogue river 1956
british freedom 1956 1957
british empress 1957
british renown 1958
british justice [ twice ] 1959
british victory 1959 1960
[ rondo ] dennis osborne penzance ? needless to say all my ships were out of falmouth
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12th March 2009, 02:16 PM
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Bp tankers.
Hi Rondo.
I also served on a few BP tankers in the 50s :-
British Pioneer,Resource,Envoy,Hero and the
Duke.Apart fromm the Duke (2 berth cabins),
all the rest had single berths,not at all bad for
the 50s.If I remember rightly,the Envoy and
the Hero had small pools on board.Id love to
do it all over again,but without these pirates?
Dave Williams(R583900)
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17th March 2009, 10:43 AM
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My BP Tankers.
Joined Judge in 65 and then was on Captain, Confidence, Statesman,( on her for the collision at Flushing) Unity and finally Dragoon. Cheers janathull
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17th March 2009, 08:22 PM
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hello
Hi
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
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17th March 2009, 09:06 PM
#5
B.P.Tankers
Hi Janthull.
Did a few trips with B.P,backin the early 50s,
British Pioneer,Resource,Envoy,Hero and the Duke
Dave Williams(R583900)
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18th March 2009, 05:41 AM
#6
G'da Janathul ans welcome to the site. Sure you will find someoen you sailed with. My only time with B.P. was on the Hawthorn in about 1964.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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18th March 2009, 06:24 AM
#7
Hi Janathull.
A warm welcome to the site, you want to check out the BP forum. I was on the Captain but a bit before your time in 53, don't know if it was the same ship as they scrapped them quite regularly. Anyway you may find an old shipmate on site.
Cheers Des
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5th April 2009, 06:52 AM
#8
water water every where or jettys?
1968 british Commerce ,Patrol, Hawthorn,Merlin thats enought of them ? green paint every where and big wheels on the deck .and flying bridge. job putting nuts and bolts in holes' food not bad, on most of them strange automatic capstan on Patrol for mooring? steam ones' but too much sea time for me.
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3rd May 2009, 07:28 AM
#9
Lewis
Hi,
I sailed on many ships 1960 to 1965. I am stil trying to get pictures of The British Statesman, not the 1923 ship but the later one named for Winston Churchill. WE were up the gulf for a while and on the way back we collided with a Greek Freighter off Portugal. We rescued the Greeks and their ship sank later as far as I know. We ended up paying off in Newcastle. If you were there let me know.
Lewis
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3rd May 2009, 08:23 AM
#10
REF POST #7
Hi Lewis ,a short while back I was looking at a T2 Tanker site somewhere. And if you read the following article I've copied ,The T2 tanker mentioned was converted to a dry-cargo vessel called the Theotokos.She was the one that collided with your British Statesman in 1963.
Cheers from Gulliver.
s.t.REGINALD A. FESSENDEN 1943
1943 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1948 KINGSTON, First National Oil Corp.- US flag (Sieling & Jarvis Corp, NY)
1950 SEAMAGIC, Colonial SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY)
1953 STRAPOURIES, Azteca Cia.Armadora.- Panamanian flag (same managers)
1954 Converted to 7,185 g.t. dry cargo ship.
1955 THEOTOKOS, Cia.Comercial Transatlantica- Panamanian flag (Spiros Polemis, NY)
24.10.63 Damaged in collision with BRITISH STATESMAN near Lisbon. Towed to Lisbon but declared Constructive Total Loss
1964 Scrapped Vado, Italy
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