sailed between 1940 and 1980 merchant ships

[sydney davis]

my name is sid davis and im a retired merchant sailor , i will post details of my chargesheet in time , i have sailed on the lord church , carmania , HMTS alert and a whole host of interesting vessels , would like to chat with sailors from my generation and share experiences , hope to hear back soon

[Tony Morcom]

Welcome to the site Sid. Good to have you aboard for what we hope will be an enjoyable voyage.

[Neville Roberts]

think you have come too the right site Syd, there are lots of old salts on this one .some of them will have sailed with you I,m sure all the best .

[Lou Barron]

Hi Syd join the best site for us old timers i went to sea from late 1940 till 1947 with a bit of a break in between regards lou barron

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome Syd
enjoy the site as we do
Ron the batcave

[Neil Morton]

Tell us more Sid, we enjoy new members and their sea time.
Take it easy all the time mate.Neil.

[eric fisher]

Hi Sid, My name is Eric Fisher, sailed '42-'45, Army service '46-'48. M.N. again '50-'52, '56.
Ships; Ocean Wanderer, Fort McMurray, Empire MacKendrick, Asbjorn, Thistleford, Fort Caroline,
Specialist, Audax, Hk. Kg. registry (was Harrison's Recorder) British Might, Berna (Turk owned).
Any of yours? You must also be an Ancient Mariner, I be 87 now. On Skype to chat free if you are.
Regards, Eric

[Keith Moody]

when i was younger I had a friend whoes father was on the Alert, ( cable layer) I think i am right in saying that it was sunk? the friends fathers name was "Booker" ( cannot remember the first name), the story goes he died when the ship was attacked and went down. would this have been the Alert you were on?
keith
R635978

[Stuart Henderson]

I recall the Alert during forties/fifties period she used to anchor a lot in the Thames at Erith. Painted grey and obviously a PO cable layer, did hear stories of her being engaged on trans atlantic phone cables.
Of course there was also Royal Naval ship with same name but dont know dates or details.
Stuart

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Hi Sid, My name is Eric Fisher, sailed '42-'45, Army service '46-'48. M.N. again '50-'52, '56.
Ships; Ocean Wanderer, Fort McMurray, Empire MacKendrick, Asbjorn, Thistleford, Fort Caroline,
Specialist, Audax, Hk. Kg. registry (was Harrison's Recorder) British Might, Berna (Turk owned).
Any of yours? You must also be an Ancient Mariner, I be 87 now. On Skype to chat free if you are.
Regards, Eric

Hi Eric.
I sailed on British Might as A/S two trips fromMay 1948 to March 1949, few weeks in drydock Falmouth between the two voyages which was best part of it. Abadan was favourite port for BTC in those days right up Persian Gilf (no A/C either).
Also sailed on Empire Mac Kendrick, again as A/S but that was 1956 but she had been renamed La Cumbre of Buries Markes. In officers saloon was a pictture of her as Empire MacKendrick as a merchant aircraft carrier with catapult on bows to launch Hurricane.
I am younger than you only 81 but joined RMB as boy in 1945 so had some military service too 45-47 but stayed at sea1947 to 1977
Stuart

[john sutton]

eric
when were you on the specialist.I was on her mar to june 51.One legged bosun named tom pepper.ex whaler

john sutton