Barry Lawrence Turrell

[Barry Turrell]

SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

Full Name

Barry Lawrence Turrell

Discharge Book Number

R 698694

Department

Deck

Your Rank/Rating

Deck boy to AB

Which Ships were you on and When

Alaric 6/11/58 to 9/3/59,
Port Auckland 2/4/59 to14/9/59
Memling 9/10/59 to 22/10/59,
Sugar exporter29/10/59 to 20/1/60
West bay28/2/60 to 19/3/60 ,
Hororata 22/4/60 to14/1/61,
Reynolds15/3/61 to 15/3/61,
Pardo15/4/61 to 12/8/61,
Kenya Castle 18/8/61 to 25/10/61 ,
Illyric 27/11/61 to 30/3/62

Notes:

Memling scrap, Reynolds scrap , West Bay accident , paid off in le Havre

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Barry
Thanks for the info, always nice to have new entries, makes the list grow and grow!
I see you were on the Sugar Exporter , i think our Gallery Manager Mike , was on her as well??
Also i see the Kenya Castle, my late Uncle Dusty was on her for a few trips too, he was well known and liked. In Catering!

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Barry
Welcome aboard, hope you enjoy reading many of the interesting posts and stories on site, will bring back memories.
Cheers Des

[Barry Turrell]

Hello . Sorry taken some time to reply . Have had a few problems which were time consuming . To be quite honest I cannot recall these 2 persons. The Chief steward on the Sugar exporter got sacked and flown home from Basra . Myself and 2 other Junior ratings got shot at for breaking a curfew , which the chief forgot to put a notice up on the ships notice board warning of the curfew. He was a Drunkard . Us3 ratings spent several fdys in a hel;l hole in Basra whilst diplomatic efforts were benig taken to get us released .
As for the Kenya castle , it was mainly irish crew on board when I sailed on her . She had signed a crew in Belfast and only wanted a couple or so more when signing in London . I enjoyed that trip greatly , great bunch of lads.

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Thanks fpr the welcome Des ,
Loved the time at sea . Had the pleasure of meeting John Prescott on one ship during Signing on . Apart from that loved every minute of the period .