was on assiduity in late sixties when she was on mobil charter ,we were running up and down the east coast of UK from sunderland to coryton and sometimes gunness wharf .she was a good ship with loads of overtime.very hard run .
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was on assiduity in late sixties when she was on mobil charter ,we were running up and down the east coast of UK from sunderland to coryton and sometimes gunness wharf .she was a good ship with loads of overtime.very hard run .
ref post #11
Hi Don.
ON the Asiduity dec 66, as i wanted to be home for Christmas. As you did east coast runs , Thameshaven gunness and paid off in Barry Christmas eve.As you said hard runs,When in Gunness i was always posted for night watchman as most the crew were from hull. always ended up doing the day work as well. As there was nobody on board. Hard slog doing 36/ 48 hrs without sleep as you had to check the mooring lines every 1/2 hr.And the old man made me stand my watches as well. Never mind, the o/t was good for Christmas.:D
Best wishes geoff.
hi geoff
i see your in n/z now did you emigrate out there. i ended up back on that mobil charter a few years later on AUDACITY she was quite new when i was on her but the the samewe were in and out even quicker than assiduity they had just fitted a new engine in goole which made her much faster also put new discharge pumps in,so once again loads of overtime ,problem was no loss of sleep payments on home trade articles
cheers don
Hi DON.
Good question as to how i came to NZ, always wanted to see NZ, the closest i got was OZ. so i came for a holiday and never went back.
Always amazed me of the crap we dumped in the north sea.As soon as we were clear of the coast on leaving Gunness was the to clear the bilges and dump approx 10 tons of petrol over the side. That was a definate no smoking time,that was how much the mate worked it out we lost through leakage from the tanks on the run up from Thames haven.:eek:
best wishes geoff:D
any one know what happed to the coaster mv emenity l was on her as ordenery seaman 1948 to 1949
ref post #15
Hi gcrsavage!
I think you mean AMENITY: She was broken up at Inverkeithing 16/5/68-after 24 years service.
IDNo: 1169705 Year: 1944
Name: AMENITY Launch Date: 14.9.43
Type: Cargo ship Date of completion: 1.44
Flag: GBR Keel:
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Tons: 881 Link: 1629
DWT: Yard No: 395
Length overall: Ship Design:
LPP: Country of build: GBR
Beam: Builder: Goole SB
Material of build: Location of yard: Goole
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn):
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Naval or paramilitary marking :
A: *
End: 1968
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Subsequent History:
Disposal Data:
BU Inverkeithing 16.5.68
Gulliver
Hi done three weeks on Assiduity out of Gt Yarmouth happy to pay off
Michael
hi all, was on the similarity,23 nov 1961 to jan 62:(
Any one know what became of everards SELECTIVITY. I sailed on her in 1964 for three months
Hi Mike.According to Miramar Shipping Index,(which incidentally will be charging an annual modest subscription fee from Jan.19th),the Selectivity(of 1952) was sold to D.Marmaris in 1975 being renamed IOANNIS.
On 16/1/85 she was wrecked in 5-46 N,0-29.5 E.
(That's virtually on the beach,east of Tema in Ghana,West Africa)
Gulliver