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5th April 2018, 05:42 AM
#11
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
Hi John.
There is a story there, what happened to the galley boy?
Cheers Des
When he said he did two trips on her was he refereeing to the ship or the galley boys girl friend?
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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5th April 2018, 04:49 PM
#12
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
Hi John.
There is a story there, what happened to the galley boy?
Cheers Des
Hi Des,
The ship continued on to Newcastle, Australia and was boarded by authorities to investigate the cause of the fire,
the galley boy, a Birmingham lad, was taken ashore, I never saw him again and don't know what happened to him,
but I felt sorry for the guy, we found out about the "dear john" after the fact. The rest of the trip continued with blackened
bulkheads till we arrived back in the UK.
Cheers,
John
Last edited by John Blaney; 5th April 2018 at 04:51 PM.
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5th April 2018, 04:52 PM
#13
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
John Blaney
Hi Des,
The rest of the trip continued with blackened bulkheads till we arrived back in the UK.
Was this because of investigation requirements, or had you just run out of soogi powder?
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5th April 2018, 05:01 PM
#14
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
When he said he did two trips on her was he refereeing to the ship or the galley boys girl friend?
John, I said "trips", not "tricks"
cheers
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5th April 2018, 05:14 PM
#15
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Was this because of investigation requirements, or had you just run out of soogi powder?
I never saw anyone attempt to soogi the burned areas, paint was blistered anyway, you'd have to ask the deckhands.
I would imagine investigators would prefer things as is, what do you think Ivan?.
John B.
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5th April 2018, 05:21 PM
#16
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
John Blaney
I never saw anyone attempt to soogi the burned areas, paint was blistered anyway, you'd have to ask the deckhands.
I would imagine investigators would prefer things as is, what do you think Ivan?.
John B.
I dinna naw John, but as the fire had been investigated in Australia why not soogi it, not the job of the deck hands, on all the ships I sailed on the galley was cleaned and painted by the galley staff
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5th April 2018, 05:49 PM
#17
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
I dinna naw John, but as the fire had been investigated in Australia why not soogi it, not the job of the deck hands, on all the ships I sailed on the galley was cleaned and painted by the galley staff
Very true, very true, Ivan, I have myself scrubbed many galley decks and soogied and painted the bulkheads, but the forementioned, offending bulkheads
were not in the galley, you see, and whit the heck am I supposed to know aboot blistering paint, I'm jist a wee boy.
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5th April 2018, 05:59 PM
#18
Re: Martin Lloyd
Eh Baa gum, John, I've just slapped my wrists (as I know you can't reach from there!) for not reading the posts correctly,
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6th April 2018, 05:58 AM
#19
Re: Martin Lloyd
Originally Posted by
Doc Vernon
Hello Martin
Welcome to the site and thanks for giving your Crew details
always nice to have new Entries!
Hope you will enjoy the site
Cheers
PS Hope you were no relation to Logger Lloyd! A mean Man LOL only Joking!
Logger Lloyd mean?
Vernon he was one of the most generous of skippers.
No one gave out as many loggings as he did.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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7th April 2018, 12:53 AM
#20
Re: Martin Lloyd
Hi John.
In those days before Computers, and in my days nearly before cameras, the Aussie police might have told the skipper to preserve the evidence for the UK authorities, as if it was done while at sea, he would be subject to British justice, ten lashes with the birch and slices of tallow on toast for three months.
Cheers Des
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