Denis O'Shea

[cappy]

No unless it was the Manchester ship canal . It was one of the longer 6 week trips. Probably went back to Cardiff did you ? May of even seen a rugby match on your return. A lot of people called it Victoria , Vittoria was the Brazilian way to spell it . Similar to Seven Islands the correct way was Sept Isles , bloody French again .Cheers JS....

no she was back to shields john....but on one voyage definetly through the panama .....getting old but not dotty yet .......methinks hopefully

[cappy]

any body know if there was an iron ore port in chile then .....i certainly got to victoria ni a ore carrier but was in a shell tanker down the south of america ....mebbe it was the shell tanker running from maracaibo ......did rio etc one side mebbe went over other side through canal in tanker regards cappy...mind 60 odd years ago it is a long time...cappy

[j.sabourn]

The longest trip I ever heard about on a Bisco charter was down to Cape Town and that was a one off. The only cargo I ever carried on an ore carrier apart from ore was scrap iron to New York and could not even load a full deadweight cargo as the holds were too small to carry the weight as compared with ore. The iron ore ports best known were Narvik , Murmansk, Oxelosund. , others up the Baltic I can’t remember at the moment, Monrovia , Sfax in North Africa. Others of course will probably remember in my dreams tonight . 6 weeks was a long trip to most. Real hardship !!! A good job at the time if that was what you wanted . I hadn’t been married long so eased my conscience . Especially as when first married disappeared for 6 months , Gwen flew across to Hamburg for 3 days , and then I disappeared for another 6 months. A lot of women would never have entertained the time I spent away. But it was a livelihood and everyone was in the same boat as they say. Cheers JS

[j.sabourn]

Maracaibo is in Venezuela on the Atlantic side so more than likely was it. But who knows maybe there is an iron ore port in Chile on the Pacific side. Will have a look in Nories and see and let you know. JS.

Just a quick look and the only two Victoria’s listed are in Canada and Nigeria. JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

John, as far as I recall Chile only has a Pacific side, Straits of Magellen were disputed. Did most of the WCSA ports, but in tweendeckers, so never loaded bulk, even guano was loaded in bags, copper, lead in ingots, don't recall any bulk ports in the 50's, but if any it would probably be Antofagasta, or as it was known by the scousers as Aunty f... faster.

Carved in the mountain above the town which can be seen for miles is "Vive La O'Higgins" he was the Irish general who led the country to victory over Argentina and later became one of its presidents, marrying a Chilean noble lady of great beauty, and those of us who have been to Chile are aware the country has an abundance of such ladies. Nearly every town in Chile has a Plaza O'Higgins.

[Doc Vernon]

MORNING TOM.....WELL THE BELOVED WOULDNT NEED TO WORRY ANY MORE .....IF BY ANY CHANCE THE BODY REVIVED ..BY THE TIME I REALISE IT IVE FORGOTTEN WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH IT ...AS FOR SEVEN ISLANDS IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE WINTER ON THAT RUN NORTH ABOUT OUT OF SHIELDS ..ALTHOUGH IN THE SHEAF FIELD I RECALL VICTORIA IN BRAZIL .......GETTING ON THE POP .......WAS IT GRAPPA DOWN THERE.....AND 3 DAYS MISSING .....AND THE OLD MAN TELLING ME IF HE WASNT FROM SHIELDS AS WELL HE WOULD DOUBLE DR ME ...AFTER A CARRY ON WITH THE LOCAL POLICIA......ANY WAY HE HAD ME BACK NEXT TRIP ....PS IS VICTORIA IN BRASIL ....WE WENT THROUGH THE PANAMA.....OR WAS IT AN IRON ORE PORT IN PERU .....ACTUALLLY THOSE DAYS WERE MOSTLY IN A HAZE OF ALCOHOL.. .KEEP WELL CAPPY

Thanks for reply cappy but why are you shouting ! LOL

[Ivan Cloherty]

Thanks for reply cappy but why are you shouting ! LOL

He's just discovered the shift key and after being taken to task for not using capitals, he got all excited!

[Doc Vernon]

Is he Shifty or Crafty though ?? Oh no he is of course cappy!!! LOL

[j.sabourn]

#36 Hes got bleary eyes this morning Tom and cant see too well , all that playing around in the garden yesterday. he says its hayfever but we all know he found the whiskey bottle where Pat had hidden it. JS.

[j.sabourn]

#35... So thats where Henry Higgins finished up . Got sick of the rain in Spain. JS