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29th April 2009, 09:54 AM
#21
Welcome
Hi Davey (superblue)
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
Also"
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Included in the Flag project then please pass it on to Mike Hall who is doing a Main Flag for all
to be displayed some time in one of the UK Museums!
Thank you
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30th April 2009, 09:58 AM
#22
G'day superglue and welcome to this most wonderful site. If you care to post your ships and dates I am sure someone out there will remember you.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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20th August 2009, 04:31 PM
#23
Bill Crompton
Hi Charlie.
I am Bill Crompton and I was an engineer with B&C.
I spent 3 weeks at Pre Sea school during October or November of 1964.
There was a guy there called Charlie who had family from Malta. I think he was from Manchester.
Would this be you?
Bill
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20th August 2009, 04:34 PM
#24
Billl Crompton
Am I mailing the Dave Dawson that was at pre sea school in Glasgow during October or November of 1964.
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20th August 2009, 04:48 PM
#25
clan line
Hi shipmates, I know Gozo nice place british policeman cheap drink nice people type place cobble streets with english money, any dysos' still there? but I never sail on any Clan line ships, were they good feeders?
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3rd December 2009, 07:24 PM
#26
Clan Urquhart 1942 to 1965
Clan Urquhart was built in 1942 for the Med during the war. She was my 1st ship. Straight from pre sea school at Glasgow to join her in Hull in 1963. I have photos of the starboard LP cylinder when it jammed on a broken junk ring and bent the con-rod. We compounded it south of Dakar then loaded in Capetown. Back in Europe we took it to Blackwater estuary to mothball while Wallsend slipway cast a new cylinder. It sailed to Formosa (Taiwan) for scrap.The fourth engineer that took over from me to sail East fell in the crankpit while warming the engines through with the turning gear and died. I have been looking for photos of Clan Urquhart for a long time. Anybody got any? Ken
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4th December 2009, 07:05 PM
#27
Clan Urquhart.......
Hi Ken.
There are 9 fotos of Clan Urquhart on the Photoships site.Click here then scroll right(Gold Arrow) to show them all.
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20C/slides/Clan%20Urquhart-01.html
There's also a good history with fotos on the Merchant Navy Officers .com site.
Enter the site,then click History tab,(small blue writing under the title),then scroll down to Clan Line in the Company Histories..It's a big site.
http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/indexframe.html
All the Best
Gulliver
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4th December 2009, 09:42 PM
#28
Clan Line.
I had reason to join the King Henry not that I wanted to but because I had a problem on my previous ship.
The pool had a job to crew King boats in those days because they were tramps,anybody with a "Good Book"would'nt go anywhere near them.Anyway after being out of work and getting knocked back everywhere I went I had no option but to take the "King Henry".
Clan Line had just taken over the King boats,this ship was absolutely filthy from top to bottom,the Chief Steward said,the Catering Superintendant said "If this ship comes back in this condition your sacked"
This was music to my ears,I wanted the overtime I brought that ship back after 6 months as though it had just come out of the ship yard!!
In those days you only needed £50 deposit on a small house and I had that after that trip on the King Henry,so the present house I live in now is down to Clan Line.
Regards,
Jim B
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24th April 2010, 10:27 PM
#29
Clan line
I also sailed on a number of Clan Line ships, both as a cadet and a junior engineer. The Clan MacGillivray was my first ship, in 1973
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25th April 2010, 09:39 PM
#30
For Gulliver!!
Hi Davey
I have restored the post from you re: Ye-e-es! Clan Line! Post #2 as i think i is well worth keeping there!
Lets hear more of your great Tales mate! I really do love them!
Cheers
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