Originally Posted by
Keith Tindell
Agree with that Ivan, in 59 i was JOS on the St Merriel, one of the Saint line ships, the only Eglishman on the deck crew, German Bosun, german, Dutch, and Indonesian Abs, everyone got on famously, the engine greasers were Somalian, also got on fine, a real mixed bunch. The one thing i remember was a great big stone container on the newsroom table, with lots of fruit cut into pieces, and Bowls gin, and frequently topped up, and never any sign of trouble, the officers were all UK ,kt