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14th April 2009, 04:18 PM
#1
My BP Ships
Hi all,
Just joined. Did my time with BP and was on the following:
British Reliance
British Tamar
British Skill
British Argosy
Border Battler
British Trader
Loch Rannoch
Border Thistle
British Pioneer
British Curlew
Border Tartan
Thereafter left for pastures new, but still at sea, just not on tankers!
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14th April 2009, 05:28 PM
#2
B.P.Ships
Hi Majla.
I also sailed on the British Pioneer,but I dont
think it was the same one you sailed on,I was
on it in 1952/3 also on the Resource,Envoy,Hero
and the Duke.
Dave Williams(R583900)
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14th April 2009, 07:02 PM
#3
Welcome aboard
Hi Majla, you were on a lot of them? Did you like the Green paint? Done my first trip deepsea on the British Commerce 1968,,then Hawthorn, merlin, Patrol, too many jettys no land.
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14th April 2009, 08:50 PM
#4
Welcome!
Hi Majla
Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
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Cheers
Also"
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15th April 2009, 07:31 AM
#5

Originally Posted by
Louis the Amigo
Hi Majla, you were on a lot of them? Did you like the Green paint? Done my first trip deepsea on the British Commerce 1968,,then Hawthorn, merlin, Patrol, too many jettys no land.

Hi there Lois, did the maiden voyage on the Hawthorn 1964, mainly up around Sweden, Germany etc. Great to have a single cabin.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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25th July 2009, 11:04 PM
#6
Hi Majla. I was on the british pioneer in 78 joind in rotterdam called into cape town then the gulf ended up in south korea at a place i think was called yeosu city.
Then paid off at singapore on the way back.
madmick
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