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12th July 2015, 10:17 PM
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John Dumbell
Hello my dad John Dumbell is 76 years young. He lived in Liverpool and I know he sailed on The Reina Del Mar in the 50's early 60's. He was an apprentice engineer and became chief engineer. He doesn't know I have joined this site and it would be lovely to surprise him with a message from any old friends. I will ask him what other ships he sailed on. Have a great day every one 
Cheers Jane
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12th July 2015, 10:26 PM
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Re: John Dumbell
Hello Jane
Welcome to the site and it would be so nice to have some that knew him to tell you so that you could relay those messages!
Many Years have passed and it is hard to expect much,but with all these Lads and quite a few from Liverpool you may just strike luck!
Hope you do!
It may take a wee while for all to see this post!
Thanks too for joining!
Cheers
Would this be him at all?
If yes it seems that he may have given the wrong Year of Birth when joining the Merchant Navy,but those Years so many of us did that! This would make him 78 not 76.
Cheers
R608270 DUMBELL J 09/10/1937 LIVERPOOL | The National Archives
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13th July 2015, 02:38 AM
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Re: John Dumbell
That makes him 78 and not 76 Vernon. Maybe his daughter has his age wrong.JS PS See you copped on to the age disparity before sent this. Cheers JS
Last edited by j.sabourn; 13th July 2015 at 02:40 AM.
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13th July 2015, 09:35 AM
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Re: John Dumbell
Jane
There was an engineering superintendent in Canadian Pacific in the 70's called Dumbell, pretty sure he was from Liverpool. It wouldn't be your father by any chance would it?
rgds
JA
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13th July 2015, 09:20 PM
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Re: John Dumbell
Thanks for all your replies I am seeing him tomorrow so will ask him then. I think he gave away the sea when I was around 3 years old, that was in 1967 I will post more info tomorrow, take care for now every one xx
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14th July 2015, 02:30 PM
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Re: John Dumbell
Jane,
I'm sure youve seen her before but here is a photograph of the Reina Del Mar on her maiden voyage leaving Livrpool on 3rd May 1956 bound for the West Coast of South America...............Reina Del Mar.jpg
The Chief Engineer was a Mr. Alexander Currie, perhaps your dad remembers him, he is the one on the right the other is the Master, Captain G.H. Rice....Ac.jpg.
She was known as the Cury and Rice Boat
John Albert Evans.
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