Duties of Deck boy /JOS

[cappy]

##there are thousands of indian and asian seamen on the MN memorial in london .....ithink you will find rob has a good knowledge of indian and asian crews in some shipping companies he sailed in........get your facts right......many were down below and on deck during the war ......capppy

[kenneth goode]

rudeness and venom for telling the truth I don't think so.I have sailed with Chinese when I was with Ben Line as a jos sos edh so I do know some history.certainly not trying to wipe it out

[Keith Tindell]

Can i add to the original posters enquiry, that in your fathers time 1947-8, most of his fellow crew would have been war time served, many would have had a close shave in convoys, perhaps even torpedoed, they would have been pretty tough guys. It would have been an exciting time for him, with plenty of ships to serve on. Sadly all gone, and never really will return, kt

[Chris Allman]

Mr Goode your # 10 - direct attacks on members is totally against site rules - I would thank you to remain courteous towards all members - that kind of behaviour is not tolerated here.
Mr Goode I have messaged you.

[kenneth goode]

Hey cappy get my facts right idont need to get my facts right you are spiting rivets all over the place and missing the hole
the man was asking about deck boy duties instead of saying I don't know Rob comes away with a load of nonsense about Indians
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[Peter Ashworth]

Thanks JS ,yes the official number of Teakwood is 149878 and is the one damaged by the u boat in 1939 ,scrapped in 1955 .

[j.sabourn]

#18.. Rob I worked for an Indian company but never really followed up on how they started at sea. To me there was the Serang ,Tindal, Cassab, kalassi 1, kalassi 2, winch wallah, Secunnys, and as you say the topaz, usually an old untouchable who no one ever seemed to talk to or worry about. In catering you had. The Bhandarrys , stewards , and chief steward . Firemen in the engine room were usually numbered the same as the kalassis. I can’t remember ever seeing any boy ratings with an Indian crew. So how they started I wouldn’t know. If there had been on British articles they would have appeared as under 18s. And appeared in the young persons section. JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Our member obviously does not understand the sense of humor of RLT and a few others.

We have all at time sailed with crews from other nations, on cruise ships of today it is not uncommon to find a number from Goa along with many other nationalities.

[Red Lead Ted]

AYE, AYE, Happy John, Don't be landing this load on my shoulders as the Indian hatch boss in Bombay, Once said to me and two of my mates who where having a laugh with him...…………………………... Very, Very, Funny persons you three are a pair of bloody cases.

[John T Morgan]

Can anyone provide some detail of the duties of a Deck boy and a Junior Ordinary Seaman ,my father was a Deck boy on the Empress of Scotland and then JOS on the oil tanker Teakwood in 1947-1948 what would there daily routine have been like ?

Peter,I suggest you read my article entitled 'My fist trip' it will give you an idea of the duties and trials of a Deck boy at about that time.


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