Hello

[huwships]

Hello everyone

I suppose I'm a bit of a cheat, not having served in the Merchant Navy myself, but my father, Capt Owen Shepheard OBE (1911-1979) was at sea from 1927 to 1966, from 1942 to 1966 with Esso Tankers. His brother, John Richard Shepheard (1909-1956), was a Chief Officer with another company whose details I forget. My immediate pedigree is Merchant Navy, but I served in the RNR. I am now the Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands, but spent 9 years in the UK Government Legal Service where I was heavily engaged in regulating the MN, its ships, owners and officers.

I am a firm supporter of the Merchant Navy and deeply regret the reduction in the fleet and in the openings for seafarers in the UK.

Keep up the good work!

Huw Shepheard

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Huw
Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
Here you will find lots of info,a good Crew here and with luck also find a few old Shipmates! (possibly from the RNR as well)
So sit back grab a Tinny,relax and just enjoy the trip!
Hope we will have you here for a long time! Have a happy stay!

Cheers


Vernon (castleman)

[Ivan Cloherty]

Hello Huw

Welcome to the site, all are welcome and we look forward to hearing from you again, fresh blood and fresh stories are always welcome. We feel sure that with your experience you can bring some lighter moments to our site as you must have had some funny experiences in your profession

Regards

Ivan

[Ron B Manderson]

I would like to join the others in welcoming you to the good site.
hope you enjoy as we do.
Ron the bat cave

[David Williams]

Hi Huw.
Welcome aboard.Do you have any Welsh blood in you,as
HUW is a very common name here in Wales.

Dave Williams(R583900)
Llanelli South Wales

[huwships]

Very perceptive of you Dave, I was born in Carmarthen and brought up a mere 10 miles up the road from you in Ammanford. 'R'ydw'i'n Gymro Cymraeg, yn dal i ysgrifennu ac i siarad yr hen iaith. (For the uninitiated, "I'm a Welshman through and through and still write in and speak the language.")

Huw

[Doc Vernon]

Yna, yn y rhan fwyaf o fwrdd croeso HUW ???? This may be gibberish! haha! But i try!
Good on you Huw
Cheers

[Neil Morton]

I would like to add my greetings to the above Huw.

Hey Castleman I bet you speak Zulu as well.

[Brian Galloway]

I would like to add my greetings to the above Huw.

Hey Castleman I bet you speak Zulu as well.

Castleman IS a Zulu, didn't you know??
BG

[David Williams]

Very perceptive of you Dave, I was born in Carmarthen and brought up a mere 10 miles up the road from you in Ammanford. 'R'ydw'i'n Gymro Cymraeg, yn dal i ysgrifennu ac i siarad yr hen iaith. (For the uninitiated, "I'm a Welshman through and through and still write in and speak the language.")

Huw

Hi Huw.
Nice ti hear from you.Carmarthen boy?.I have a married
sister living in Carmarthen,Cogan the Newsagent,do you
know them by any chance ?.

Dave Williams