John Hercus

[John Hercus]

SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

Full Name

John Hercus

Discharge Book Number

R 853641

Department

Deck

Your Rank/Rating

Radio Officer

Which Ships were you on and When

British Duchess 10/7/67-08/11/67
British Patrol 04/12/67 - 02/02/68
British Dragoon 15/04/68 - 03/12/68
British Duchess 01/05/69 - 12/08/69
British Duchess 13/08/69 - 19/08/69
British Officer 07/09/69 - 11/11/69
British Faith 29/01/70 - 10/08/70

Notes:

2nd R/O on British Duchess 10/07/67 - 08/11/67
2nd R/O on British Patrol 04/12/67 - 02/02/68

[Marian Gray]

Welcome to the site John, lots to read on here. Feel free to share any memories good, bad or indifferent.

[John Hercus]

Many thanks Marian for the welcome. Very much looking forward to using the Crew list etc. Cheers

[Doc Vernon]

Hello JH
Welcome aboard the Hearty Ship, and hope that you wil find lots to keep you interested. Also hope you are here for a long stay!
Sit back relax and if possible lets have some stories of your past at Sea.
Cheers

[happy daze john in oz]

Welcome JH, I did the maiden voyage on the British Hawthorn way back in the 60's and C, Kong was also on her at one time.

[Tony Taylor]

Welcome JH, I did the maiden voyage on the British Hawthorn way back in the 60's and C, Kong was also on her at one time.

was that the one they called the banana boat, built on tyne in two halfs then welded together but cocked up the job, resulted in banana shape

[j.sabourn]

#6 Maybe it was called the Banana boat in ref. To the last line of the song Tony ? “ Daylight come and I wanna go Home “ . JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Not sure about that but joined here in Sunderland.
Sailed up the Baltic as far as Lulea, last ship in before the sea froze over for winter

[Marian Gray]

#6 Maybe it was called the Banana boat in ref. To the last line of the song Tony ? “ Daylight come and I wanna go Home “ . JS

Must have been more than one John, cause growing up in Glasgow in the 1960's anyone spouting flannel would hear ''do you think I came up the Clyde on a banana boat'' [oops sorry Ivan, heh heh] which being knee high thought I'd like to go on that.

[j.sabourn]

Been up there a few times Marian for Banana Boat replace with Ore Carrier a trip up the River as far as General Terminus and that’s as far as you got , unless you were on a Tyne Flat Iron to get under the bridge. For a foreign holiday you had the choice of a further taxi trip up Sauchialle street to the 101 night club , or putting on your life jacket and making the 150 feet trip over the river on the wire hauled ferry to Betty’s Bar. Both experiences of different extremes . We had a stowaway once from there luckily we were going down to Liverpool , if had been going foreign she may have finished up swimming , to save on the paperwork , someone must have payed her train fare back to Glasgow from Liverpool. Cheers JS