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[Stan Carter]

went to the vindi jan 55. # R624276. first ship British Builder. After that sailed with watts watt, (grenwich) esso tankers, (esso exeter) elder dempster (cochran) Prince line (merchant Prince), Hudson line (hudson firth). City of London, (london to brussels). After leaving the sea, married and raised a family. But not having aland based trade found it hard to find work that paid any reasonable wage. So in 64 decided to relocte to Canada. In nov 65 Joined the provincial police in ontario and completed thirty years with them. now retired and living near Ottawa. The years at sea was a great education and a great mature builder. would not have missed it for anything, great memories.

[Tony Wilding]

hi, nice to know a fellow seaman who sailed with Watts Watts, what was it like on the Greenwich, ? I was on the later motor ships, am doing a photographic history of Watts Watts, my brother was on the Beaconsfield another Steam Ship, best wishes, Tony Wilding.

[Neil Morton]

Welcome aboard Stan, many of our old shipmates live in Canada on both the East and West side of that great country. Personally I opted for Aussie. I trust you will enjoy a good old natter and a few laughs, regards Neil.

[Stan Carter]

hi there, thanks for the line. well the greenwich was an old liberty ship, which i joined in rotterdam, then to new orleans in ballast, loaded sulpher and went to oz an nz. back to the us coast and then to canada and then home.
She was not the most comfortable ship to sail or work on. we were away for about ten months. did'nt fancy a second trip to the far east under those conditions, so I paid off and went with esso tankers.
stan.

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome to the site Stan.
enjoy
Ron the bat cave

[Robert Broome]

Joined MN 1951 on Empire Medway...think I was Engineer number 24!! Twin Double acting B&W 4 stroke engines, Blast Injection . Nightmare !
1951 & 52 Furness Withy on "Jessmore " more sedate economy Doxford 4 cyl and all steam Aux from waste heat boiler.

1953 "Port Victor". ex HMS Niarana- fleet escort carrier. Twin 6cyl Doxford .

1953 to 1956 several GSNC ships on home trade ,mostly British Polar engines. First was "Fauvette" with twin 6 cyl and could she fly! Built to service London with fresh Vegies from Harligen, Holland in 24 hours there and back.Served as an ammunition ship in WW@ and was arguably the fastest ship in the North Sea.

After MN could not settle in UK where the local shop steward of the union had more power than was good for the country, emigrated to South Africa , then Zambia , short stay in Canada (didn't like the cold ), back to SA and then Malawi building capital city power station at Lilongwe.

Did emigration paperwork via the nearest Australian embassy in Lebanon (took 18 months....no queue jumping then !)

Arrived Perth June 1974 . then took job at Christmas Island as General Supervisor Power Stations and Refrigeration.
Came back to Perth 1986. Retired . Married for 55 years, One Son( born in Zambia ) and one daughter , both here in OZ . Seen other MN pages so will see how this one compares. All the best of British to all members in this Jubilee Year. Whilst with GSNC had the job of dipping red duster to Royalty barges bring them up Thames to QE2 Coronation as I was the only non-londoner on board! Cheers from a cold winters day in Perth. Western Australia.

[Tony Morcom]

Welcome to the site both Stan and now Robert. Thanks for stopping by to introduce yourselves. It is to be hoped that you both enjoy the content here which is as varied as the members.

[Keith Moody]

Neil,
there are other parts of Canada apart from the east and west coast where british seamen have settled, try the prairies, many a seaman from the prairies were Merchant Navy both Canadian and British during the war and afterwards, they used to meet on a regular bassis on HMCS Chippawa, but not sure they are still going.
a welcome to the site to both of you, I am sure you will find it interesting and informative.
keith moody
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