Desmond Jenkins

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Ships Name and Service Record

First Name

Desmond Jenkins

Discharge Book Number

R510868

Department

Deck

Your Rank/Rating

AB

Ships

Vindi 4/7/49 24/8/49

Trevose first ship. signed on in Cardiff 4/8/49 four trips paid off Victoria Docks 16/3/51

British Scout 5/4/51 to 10/8/51

British Fern 29/8/51 to24/1/52

Basford 16/5/52 to 21/1/52

RFA Wave Baron 3/5/52 to 12/8/52

Baron Elibank 27/8/52 to 1/10/52

British Navigator 9/10/52 to 6/11/52

Harperley 19/11/52 to 13/4 53

British Piper 16/5/53 to 10/10/53

British Captain 29/10/53 to 20/12/53

British Guardian four trips from 3/1/54 to17/7/54

Baron Kilmarnock 16/9/54 to 22/7 55

Cainavon 22/9/55 to 25/10/55

British Builder 8/11/55 to 20/9/56

Corefleet 1/3/57 to 6/4/57

Leadsman 13/457 to 8/5/57.

NZ Coast.
Kurow two trips 14/8/57 to 23/1/58

Waimate 10/2/58 to 21/2/58

Calm two trips 27/2/58 to 18/5/58

Waipori 22/5/58 to 8/8/58

Karitane 2/9/58 to/4/11/58

kaimai 25/11/58 to 4/12/58

Konui two trips 11/12/58 to 22/4/59

Kaiapoi two trips 30/11/61 to 25 /3/62

Waimate 4/4/62 to 17/5/62

Kawerau two trips 8/8/62 to 22/11/62

Konini two trips 9/1/63 to3/10/63

Kawarau 7/1/64 to 10/2/64

Karu 17/2/64 to 16/4/64

[Adrian Vine]

Hallo Des

I wondered if you could tell me anything about the British Piper?
My interest in this ship is that I have owned a model of it for 30 years or so.
I understood the model was made by the ship's carpenter sometime in the 1950's.
The model is about two foot long, is exceptionally detailed, and was made entirely from odds and sods lying around the ship.
I also have a newspaper cutting somewhere, which may give the names of the captain and the carpenter, but can't find this at the moment.
Any information at all would be appreciated.
I was never in the merchant marine myself - nearest I came was when I almost served on an RFA about 1963, but I served on HMS Ark Royal for a year on her third commission.
Regards
Adrian Vine

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Adrian
I just saw this post, sorry long time ago hope you are still looking in., I went to I think Baton Rouge then Antwerp on the British Piper. I do know that blokes used to make models of ships, one in particular was a tanker, with lights throughout, made out of the tin from beer cans, lovely model, but him and his mate who had made a guitar, got drunk, smashed the guitar, so his mate dropped the model out of the porthole in Port Said, it floated away.
Cheers Des

[Doc Vernon]

Very old Thread Des , but who knows he may per chance still look in here! ???
In fact this was his only reply to a Thread that i can see, he also made no actual Thread Posts so looks unlikely he will ever see this!
Cheers