roger case

[roger case]

SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

Full Name

Roger Case

Discharge Book Number

R ******-

Department

Deck

Your Rank/Rating

AB

Which Ships were you on and When

first trip deck boy
Caronia 1966, to many to list but here's a few,
Pendennis Castle
Oranje
Windsor Castle
Rustenburg Castle
Ixia
Tremedow
Esso Northumbria
British Aviator
London Clipper
Hastula,
And Many Ferries.

Notes:

Jumped ship 1970 Fremantle Australia.

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Roger
Welcome to the site and I hope you have a long fruitful stay here with us all!
Just relax and Browse around!
I see you were on some of the Castle Ships too,many here were also on a lot of them,me included.
I also see that you were at one stage on the British Aviator,one that is not mentioned nuch here,however my late Brother was on her in the Engine Room I recall possibly Third Engineer or Second? 1960 to 62.
Have fun
Cheers

PS Are you originally from Portishead Somerset?

[Roderick Bartlett]

Hi.Roger, I have only just joined the merchant navy site and I was looking around and noticed your name which jumped out to me,I was at the gravesend training school in 1966 and joined my first ship the Caronia as a deck boy on December 28th 1966 for a world cruise and i am sure you was one of the deck boys that joined at the same time.Roger Bartlett.

[Roderick Bartlett]

Hi. Roger. I think you were at Gravesend training school at the same time as me as I also joined the Caronia as my first ship on a 5 month 22 days world cruise, it sailed on the 28th of December 1965 ,I think there were 8 new deck boys joined and I remember a young girl committed suicide by jumping overboard on the way to New York ,I also jumped ship in Aussie and traveled around for four years before coming back to England .

[Terry Calow]

Hi I also joined the Caronia for the 66 world cruise i was a fireman,it was stewardess that commited suicide i think it was much later in the voyage I remember the ship turned back and eventually here body was sighted and lifeboat lowered to retrieve body. The sea was like a millpond so that makes me think it wasnt on way to new york in january Terry

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Roger.
Welcome to the site, looks like you struck lucky first time with old shipmates, which is what this site is all about, plus memories and tall tales. I just did a post about a peanut who lives near me here in Cooma NSW.
Welcome to Rod as well, probably been looking in and then saw your post. And now Terry has found your post
looks like old friends week.
Cheers Des

[Roderick Bartlett]

It was one day from Panama ,her steward boyfriend had committed suicide a year before and she wanted to be with him ,hence a year to the day she jumped,I was actually controlling the davits of the lifeboat that bought her aboard ,what annoyed me was the bloody yanks trying to get pictures of the poor girl, and one of the A.Bs on the lifeboat told me that there was a sea snake ,a turtle, and hundreds of tiny crabs on her body ,she was still wearing her nightdress and I realized that I had seen her standing on the after bits (poop deck) I was getting rid of the rubbish from the petty officers mess room and I guess she was just getting some wind in her hair ,sad day but at least the Bosun and the lamp-trimmer got a good drink out of sewing up the canvas shroud ,they were absolutely plastered,anyway nice to chat mate look after yourself.Roger.

[Jack Tilling]

Hi Roger doubt you will remember me but I definitely remember you from P&O European Ferries Portsmouth you ended up doing a security job I forget what they called you now.We had many a good party below decks especially on the seasonal ships I was a mechanic in the engine room.Jack Tilling from Cardiff area.you probably remember Ron Lee the donkeyman and another A.B. Ashley.They were good times I have many happy memories from those days.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hello Roger, when were you on the Windsor, I joined her late 1960.

[Captain Kong]

I was on the Esso Northumbria in 1876 when we had three months alongside in Cape Town. fantastic trip.