Sal boats

[Robert Kerr]

salmela i was on that trip chartered to mitsui the old man lived in eyemouth orginally shetland
i was a bad boy V.N.C.

[Ronnie Grant]

hi hoping to find someone who was on the Salmela 1964. We took a famine cargo of rice from Lake Charles to India among other places. Captain Jim Rendall. Ronnie (Roy) Sommerford was my go ashore mate but he was killed a few years later in NZ,(I think he jumped here). He left behind a baby girl and recently I found her, now a grown woman. She did not even know Roy had been in the MN. I would love to hear from anyone on that trip that maybe able to tell a story about him and a photograph would be priceless. Thank you .Ronnie

[Robert Kerr]

hi there me old fart mad rab here from prestonpans nice to here from you

[Ronnie Grant]

HI Rob from springtime NZ.Were you on Salmela same time as me mate? What did you do and do you remember Ronnie (Roy) Sommerford. We paid off in Bremen and flew in a ramshackle twin engined thing to Turnhouse.Ronnie lived up the Milton road but he stayed at my place in Edinburgh road because his folks were TT and we were all legless.. As an aside, I here the Woodside is boarded up and my favourite boozer, Marshalls at the town hall has gone. Any idea how to send private emails on this site? Regards Ronnie.

[Bill Law]

Hi all, I need your help. I am trying to track down some old shipmates / photos for my Dad as a surprise for him. I have very limited information, so I am really hoping someone out there can help; this is what I have;
My Dads name: William (Bill) Law
Ship: M.V. SALVINA
When: Joined after his navy training on 24th Feb 1964 until he got leave in Hamburg Germany on 3rd June 1965
Ship Captain: The Captain of Salvina was D.Archibauld (a stonch Hearts football supporter I believe)

PLEASE let me know if you can help me by e-mail

[mackay]

Hello there,Must be someone out there who had sailed on the Sal boats,no bad jobs they were.

DAVE MACKAY ; E.D.H.
sailed on the salmela with leith crew . Joined her in KARLSKRONA SWEDEN.
22/3/61/--21/3/1963 About 10 off us did the full trip

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Dave mackay e.d.h
joined her in karlskrona sweden . With george jack ;bertie tate; allan kennedy (cook)
bob watson (now deceased) mackay the electrician. The taffys joined in liverpool
george macpherson .mixed crew leith and shetlands

[mackay]

dave mackay here signed on the salmela 22/3/61---21/march/1963 joined her in sweden on maiden voyage with leith and sheltie crew
had great time and only ten of us did full two years george jack george macpherson bertie tate alan kenndy chiefcook weegordon the chippy
electrician mackay and the two taffys who joined in liverpool
after that the whole world

[edward bain]

.I was on the salmela 1964 joined the ship in the bahamas with bryce henderson.
iwas also on the salvada,saldura,saldanha,{went on fire in chicago}then went to rottedam for repair and rejoined ship after the repair.

[Duke Drennan]

Was on the Salvada '66-'67. There's a couple of pics of her in the gallery.

[edward bain]

Hi Ronnie I was on the salmela in 64 we joined in the Bahamas myself and Bryce Henderson.(chief cook)then as you know sailed to Bombay,then new year in goa.we paid of in Emden Germany 1965.