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7th September 2020, 06:24 AM
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Re: Of some interest perhaps!!
| History |
|---|
| Name: |
Belgenland |
| Operator: |
Red Star Line |
| Builder: |
Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched: |
24 December 1878 |
| Decommissioned: |
1906 |
| Out of service: |
1905 |
| Renamed: |
1904 to Venere |
| Stricken: |
1906 |
| Homeport: |
Antwerp |
| Fate: |
Scrapped 1906 |
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7th September 2020, 06:26 AM
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Re: Of some interest perhaps!!
Originally Posted by
Doc Vernon
| History |
|---|
| Name: |
Belgenland |
| Operator: |
Red Star Line |
| Builder: |
Barrow Shipbuilding Co, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched: |
24 December 1878 |
| Decommissioned: |
1906 |
| Out of service: |
1905 |
| Renamed: |
1904 to Venere |
| Stricken: |
1906 |
| Homeport: |
Antwerp |
| Fate: |
Scrapped 1906 |
What took you so long to find it? LOL
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28th June 2021, 07:41 AM
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Re: Of some interest perhaps!!
They where great times but many rubbish ports. I had a new Junior Engineer once, we sailed to Point Noire, while he was in bed, when he woke up we had sailed, he did not believe we had been and loaded, and annoyed that he had missed his first port.
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28th June 2021, 07:46 AM
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Re: Of some interest perhaps!!
Does anyone know what happened to Andy Mcnaught who was a second engineer with Blandford in the 60's, he was one of the best Seconds I ever sailed with.
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28th June 2021, 03:18 PM
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Re: Of some interest perhaps!!
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David Anderson
They where great times but many rubbish ports. I had a new Junior Engineer once, we sailed to Point Noire, while he was in bed, when he woke up we had sailed, he did not believe we had been and loaded, and annoyed that he had missed his first port.
Lucky him!
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