Where were you on your 21st Birthday?

[Eddie Grant]

Hi shipmates, I had just joined the Kingsbury a samboat belonging to Houlder Bros sitting in the kings drydock liverpool 1952, cold ship and I was duty engineer how exciting! However it was not long before I had the pleasure of sailing to the river plate and the dens of iniquity what memories montevideo buenos aires rosario neccoche? Bahia blanca, cine hindu la boca bife completos y senoritas muchas. I went back some years ago on a cruise and got the goose pimples on a few occaisions oh memories . Wonder if Rosita Salizar is still alive in monte ancla bar Im sure she"l have a few wrinkles by now in more places than one, enough of that . Not been on for quite a long time but you guys keep up the good work cheers now Eddie Grant.

[happy daze john in oz]

Back to my original post.
In the bay of Biscay, middle of a raging storm.

No doubt looking for a port, any port in a storm, or was it any storm in the port? depends what you like to drink I guess.

[Robert Black]

HI FRANK Robert here I came from Leith my self . my dad was a deepsea fisherman from granton . I was on the castle ships and the qe11 my self .just found this site . great site . I also worked for 35 yrs in ayr docks. abports

[Martin Collier]

New Orleans. Spent 3 months back and forth to the Bahamas. Saw the Rolling Stones there. Cape Trafalgar. The Blue Parrot bar

[Len Inglis]

Serving on the Aircraft Carrier Hms Victorious on the way from Hong Kong to Kobe Japan.

[Colin Wood]

Yes, in Yankee land. Had 3 in 24 hours in the Puget Sound loading on the Pacific Reliance.

[happy daze john in oz]

Finally found out where our Den was, up on the roof shoveling snow. Gets bloody cold in Canada.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Den.
Just reviewing this post, "I got it wrong Dad" I said I was on the British Piper, but on reviewing my discharge book I was on the RFA Wave Baron somewhere off the Korean peninsula. But can't remember any birthday.
Cheers Des

[Dennis McGuckin]

21st was spent in Caracas Bay Curacoa bunkering on our way to New Zealand.
Remember had a case of beer off the 2nd Steward. Tuborg's if my memory correct. Normal allowance was 2/3 cans a day, so he was a decent bloke. I had spent the afternoon swimming and sunbathing ashore in the fenced off area under Captain Morgan's fort. Got a good case of sunstroke and spent the night spewing my heart up why my cobbers drank the booze.
Does anyone remember that fenced off swimming section? Had a hole in it big enough to drive a sub., thu it. Still, another experience on the road of life. Lads I'm going to start a post on a virtual ship. so form an orderly queue. All dept., are welcome. Mike

Remember that swimming hole well.
As you say. The hole in the net [to keep out sharks] was big enough to let two great whites swim in abreast.

[Bill Morrison]

I remember the fence with all the holes, it wasn't the sharks I was watching for it was the spiny sea urchins, always kept my plimsoll's on swimming in the sea.