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18th July 2008, 10:01 AM
#1
ships sailed on
duquesa.
cheers.alf
later found out, kingsbury was also houlders. alf
Last edited by alf corbyn; 27th May 2011 at 02:32 PM.
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19th July 2008, 05:34 AM
#2
Pray tell young Alf, how many salutes did you get?
Happy daze John in Oz.
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28th July 2008, 08:45 AM
#3
hi john hope you and terri are ok.that was hard work climbing that wall to get my seniority. cheers. alf
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28th July 2008, 09:05 AM
#4
Originally Posted by
alf corbyn
duquesa.
cheers.alf
hi alf ,the duquesa was following us down to tasmania.it was about 3 days behind us,in 1966 ,i was on the hornby grange. best wishes geoff
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6th November 2008, 08:01 PM
#5
alf corbyn
Hi Alf.
Its me again,I sailed for a couple of trips on the Orelia,one of the Iron Ore carriers.From
Port Talbot to North Africa,Stavanger in Norway to Irlam on the Manchester Ship Canal,and
the same ports next trip,thats how it went on.Its the only Houlder boat I came across.
Dave Williams(R583900)
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12th December 2008, 03:23 PM
#6
just found out the kingsbury was also houlders. i was shanghaied.cheers, alf
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23rd July 2009, 07:56 PM
#7
ships sailed on
Duquesa wasprobably the finest vesel I ever sailed on. Gutted to leave her but promotion was in the air so it was a no brainer!
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24th July 2009, 10:32 AM
#8
hi corrientes.i was engineers steward on duquesa and the chief had some photo's of her when she was captured by the admiral scheer. it showed german sailors unloading eggs and meat in hamburg. cheers. alf
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26th July 2009, 10:31 AM
#9
ships sailed on
Alf, that would have been the earlier Duquesa
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26th July 2009, 10:44 AM
#10
well it probably was as i left the MN in 57. cheers. alf
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