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8th April 2012, 05:27 AM
#11
yes donald how are you im retired now are you still in tolsta im still in barra great to hear from you brgds kev.
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10th June 2012, 01:58 PM
#12
ships sailed on in denholm maclay
tor scandia in 1970-73 joined in bergen in late 69 i think promoted to cpo in 71 had to towed into gothenbourg eng fire paid off there had enough i always wondered where did she ended up after the refit never saw her or tor mercia again heard from one ships galley radio she went to red sea probably safer there
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10th June 2012, 03:20 PM
#13
Originally Posted by
donald murray
tor scandia in 1970-73 joined in bergen in late 69 i think promoted to cpo in 71 had to towed into gothenbourg eng fire paid off there had enough i always wondered where did she ended up after the refit never saw her or tor mercia again heard from one ships galley radio she went to red sea probably safer there
TOR SCANDIA;JOLLY MARRONE;PLISKA;b/u Aliga 12.99
TOR MERCIA;JOLLY BLU;RORO CATANIA;CHRISTIAN I;KAYLIN STAR;KAYKAY STAR;b/u Alang 11.01
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10th June 2012, 05:05 PM
#14
Tor Scandia & Tor Mercia.....
Just a bit more infill.....
TOR SCANDIA (British flag)was built 1/70 at Ankerlokkenn Floro,Norway
TOR MERCIA (Danish flag)was built 11/69 at Van der Werf,Deest,Netherlands
She was lengthened by 21.6 m after sale in 75(as JOLLY BLU) .Gross Tonnage increased from 1,600 to 2,643
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11th June 2012, 10:00 PM
#15
tor scandia donald murray 1970
sailed on ferry tor scandia on her maiden voyage from builders in bergen her sister was tor mercia i remember we used to get the two ships name stamped in our discharge book on the one stamp did anyone come across this before does anyone know where did these ships end up
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12th June 2012, 05:36 AM
#16
Originally Posted by
donald murray
sailed on ferry tor scandia on her maiden voyage from builders in bergen her sister was tor mercia i remember we used to get the two ships name stamped in our discharge book on the one stamp did anyone come across this before does anyone know where did these ships end up
Donald,the previous two posts (# 13 and # 14) have just answered your question )
i.e. TOR SCANDIA(U.K.Flag )Sold 75 Renamed JOLLY MARONE
Sold again 1990.Renamed PLISKA
Broken Up Aliaga,Turkey 11/99
TOR MERCIA (Danish Flag)
Sold 75.Renamed JOLLY BLU
Lengthened 1977 by 21.6 metres
1988 Renamed RORO CATANIA
1994 Renamed CHRISTIAN I
1997 Renamed KAYLIN STAR
2001 Renamed KAYKAY STAR
Broken Up Alang,India 11/2001
Last edited by Gulliver; 12th June 2012 at 05:43 AM.
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12th July 2014, 11:11 AM
#17
Re: j j denholm ships
Hi richard I've just joined this forum today and I was interested to note you sailed on Denholm tankers as did I, Naess Soveriegn, Gulf Briton, naess endeavour, coastal corpus christi, nordic clansman, and a beast called the Jayana, ex mobile tanker should have been scrapped before i joined it. Oh i almost forgot, the Burmah endeavour. all a long time ago but always remember some of the horrible trips as well as the enjoyable ones
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25th February 2015, 05:10 PM
#18
Re: donald murray senior member
Hi Richard,
I sailed on the Burmah Cameo from July 74 to January 75 she was the ex Naess Endeavour and was also in a pretty poor state. She was a steamship and had no electric turning gear so in port we were blasting thro' on steam every 5 minutes!. No proper bilge pump but using butterworth pump on bilges just about all the time. She also had a deck mounted diesel genny on the after deck as the original stork was just a bedplate. I think she was a lot better than the jet & zircon as we only had one major blackout in 6 months due to fatigued governor springs on the T/As after these were replaced she ran relatively trouble free.
Andy McArthur
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25th February 2015, 06:39 PM
#19
Re: donald murray senior member
I must be one of the few scousers on here who sailed in one, And I joined her here in L,Pool, I lasted 4 weeks aboard here none of the crew could put up with one arrogant Barsteward of a skipper who was Norwegian, M.V.Mishnish, First opportunity I had I threw my 72 hour notice in. Painting a little foremast in Hamburg mid November skippers orders, W T F I am off I had a life to get on with and better things ahead.
{terry scouse}
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26th February 2015, 12:21 PM
#20
Re: donald murray senior member
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