Keith Adams

[Keith Adams]

Keith Adams
Discharge Book No. R 570384
Department. Deck
Rank Rating Cadet/Apprentice/Mate/AB
Sea Training. Liverpool Nautical 1951
Ships UK PSNC ;- Losada, 1952.
Salaverry 1952

Santander. 1952 into 1953
Cuzco. 1953
Salamanca. “. Into 1955
Salaverry. 1955
Wallsingham. 1955
Salaverry. 1955 into 1956
Canadian Pacific Empress of Britain 1957
Empress of Scotland 1957
Empress of France. 1957
Beaverburn. 1957
Bibby Line. Oxfordshire 1958
Warwickshire 1959
Worcestershire 1959
Harrison Line. Scholar. 1960 into 1961
Palm Line. Lobito Palm. 1961
Akassa Palm 1961
USA. Jeremiah O’Brien. 2006. Liberty ship Memorial SF/San Diego/SF for Fleet Week
Matson SS Lurline 2009
Military Sealift Cmd Cape Jacob. 2009
Cape Flattery. 2009
APL. APL Thailand. 2009 into 2010
APL Turquoise 2010
Military Sealift Cmd. Cape Orlando. 2010
APL. APL Agate. 2010 into 2011 Forced to retire at 76 due to arm injury. Not pass physical.
All USA sailings were as AB My goal was to sail until i was 78 to complete all work on my house — am still working on final landscaping projects and will paint entire house, in and out one more time after this summer heat.
Had i stayed at sea i would have paid others to do it and be all done by now. Then afford to go to sea as a passenger. Of course there are those who review my ships who will say that i was always a passenger !
Well, that is it …. Keith Adams aka:- “SNOWY”.

[John Gill]

Did a trip on Salaverry 1960.

[Captain Kong]

I sailed on the SANTANDER, EMP OF Scotland, Britain France, AB/QM
on bwoard the Jeremiah O`Brien several times

[Keith Adams]

First, thank you to each member who responded to my post. Really means a lot that there are kind and knowledgeable folk who appreciate one’s life’s work contribution — it all ended so quickly; it is as though it never happened !
Not sure if it counts as didn’t sail on them, but when I first joined Harrison line i watched over full discharge and reload of the Governor in Birkenhead 1960, and same with the Colonial (am i allowed to use that word nowadays ?) in Liverpool. Also, with Bibby Line, did an entire Southampton Dry Dock of the Devonshire in 1959. Funny how such important knowledge and extreme learning experience didn’t count toward ones certification, yet a generous portion of a Pre-Sea School time training attendance did. I always worked harder and learned more in port than at sea ! Ha,ha,
I am already anticipating the banter in response to that last sentence !
Cheers to one and all ! Keith Adams.

[Ivan Cloherty]

I always worked harder and learned more in port than at sea !
Keith Adams.

Especially on how to anchor properly in the lee of Bum Island no doubt

[happy daze john in oz]

Did a trip on Salaverry 1960.

Listen mate most of us were in slavery at some time on some of those ships back then.

[Keith Adams]

Should I have put my date of birth in my info ? Not know how to do that but DOB. :- 23. Sept. 1934

[Doc Vernon]

Your Details on your Profile are correct Keith, so no worries!@
Thank You anyway
Cheers

[j.sabourn]

Unless you were born in a leap year then you age at a quarter of the time . JS

Keith looking back at some of the old posts , must have missed some or forgotten to reply. Your list of ships did you forget the names of any of them. I did for 3 at least.I can see the ships and all their idiocrasys but not their names , annoys me at times, as have no way of remembering as were paper discharges and have lost , or never had any in the first place as never gave myself one. One was a Russian so assume it was an unusual name . The other 2 were Yugoslav but do know they had common English names .Makes me wonder how I found myself back to them in port . Cheers JS..

[Trader]

I am a month older than you Keith, 21/8/34.