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    Post New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hi Everyone!

    My name is Stephen J Serva Dei, I sailed with Denholms from July 77 until May 81 on the following ships:

    EUROLINER - July 22 - Oct 20 1977 (Catering boy)
    LOCH MAREE - November 7 1977 - May 27 1978 (Catering boy)
    EUROLINER - September 1978 - 1st Dec 1978 (Catering boy)
    WELLPARK - Jan 10th 1979 - June 21st 1979 (2nd Cook & Baker)
    CAST PUFFIN - October 24th 1979 - December 6th 1979 (Assistant Steward)
    MV SCOTSTOUN - February 9th 1980 - May 9th 1980 (2nd Cook & Baker)
    CAST TERN - June 17th 1980 - November 20th 1980 (2nd Cook & Baker)
    CAST PUFFIN - March 8th 1981 - May 13th 1981

    I have posted my 'Peanut' picture from Gravesend! Class 'J' attended from May - July 1977

    IF anyone remembers me, I would like to reconnect.

    Stephen

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    Default welcome!

    Hi Stephen
    Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
    Here you will find lots of info,good Crew and with luck also find a few old Shipmates!
    So sit back,relax and just enjoy the trip!
    Hope we will have you here for a long time!
    A site truly worthy of the British Merchant Navy!
    Cheers
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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hi Stephen my first ship was the Cast Puffin September 1979 to March 1980 GP3

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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hi Stephan.
    Welcome to the site, many good tales on here, and a good chance to meet up with old shipmates, even some old peanuts. They have a site on the web you may have seen it.
    Cheers Des

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    Welcome to the site Stephen
    Enjoy as we do
    Ron the batcave

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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hi - was my only trip as assistant Steward - do you remember me? It's been such a long time and I was very focussed on work (too focussed!) but have fond memories of every ship I sailed on.

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    Can you post a link for the peanuts site Des please?

    Thanks and thanks for the welcome. Finally making time to reconnect with some old ship mates!

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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hi StephenThink I sailed with you on the Wellpark,I joined 3/79 payed off 11/79. Did you pay off in tartous? I joined in Adelaide as a cadet.later I got promoted to AB with Denholms

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    Doc #2, says not allowed to see this site. Den

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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Hey, yes, I paid off in Tartous, then that rickety bus ride through the desert to Damascus. I stayed awake just for the experience and watched the missiles shooting overhead. Then we got stopped and had to offload everything and some soldier had his beady eye on my boombox, I got angry! I think the bribe to get passed that checkpoint went up a bit, because these guys were just seeing what they could grab of our gear and the ship chandler organising the trip would not let them...

    I'm living in Johannesburg now, where are you?
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    Default Re: New Member - Denholm Ships from July 77 - May 81

    Quote Originally Posted by Denis O'Shea View Post
    Doc #2, says not allowed to see this site. Den
    Old Thread Denis, those Links are no more! Sorry have now Edited them out!
    Cheers
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