Hello

[David Varley]

1971 Junior R/O Texaco Denmark
1971 R/O Tilapa (WKA "Tilapa Tapper")
1972-1975 R/O Stonehaven
1976 - 1979 ECO Texaco Spain, Texaco London, Conoco Europe, Asialiner, Eurofreighter
All above Macaroni
1979 - 1981 E/O Norvegia Team, London Team, Nordic Crusader/Cast Fulmar (Denholm's)
1981-1991 El. Supt (Denholm's) (SKA "Battery Stacker" and "Fat Leckie")
1991 - 2003 Consultant
2003 - 2011 El. Supt. (Dorchester Maritime Ltd.)
2011 Several mental heath acts having deprived me of further likely employers redundancy on April 1 2011 marked my retirement.

[Bill Morrison]

Welcome to the site "VARLEY" No stormy weather on here but mine the "P's" & "Q's". Look forward to your contributions.
Bill

[Doc Vernon]

Hello David
Thank you for joining the site i hope you will have an enjoyable stay here with us
The detials you have provided need to actually be posted on the Crew Lists ,so can you please do that .
Thanks again
Cheers

[Ron B Manderson]

Welcome to the site David .
Enjoy
Ron the batcave

[David Varley]

That, I trust, is not Political and Quorectness that needs the minding. Else I'll not be here long!.

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I think I have managed that Doc V.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi David.
Welcome mate, don't have to many former Radio operators on site that I can recall, especially as they were the most important man on a ship, at one time I aspired to be a radio operator but every time there was a vacancy at the school I was shanghaied.
Cheers Des

[Doc Vernon]

Was not a Radio Operator on the Ships but was one when in the RAF.
It was a good position and i enjoyed it , did the Actual Wireless Op training at Compton Basset UK. Was Ground to Air and got to speed of 24 WPM which was quite good with the Mechanical Key then,however the Royal Navy Guys beat us with their Sidewinders (Sideswipers) at times it was difficult to read them,but we managed LOL
Cheers

[David Varley]

Interesting. 15s code, 20s plain language was needed for the ticket and I never got any better than that. The kit was my 'interest'.

[Pete Laurie]

Welcome to the site, there are one or two of us 'masters of a defunct profession' here. R/O P&O 73 - 82 - did the Advanced Cert in Marine Electronics and saw the writing on the bulkhead for R/O's with satellites coming up over the horizon. Never fancied working for the Ch Eng (sorry Chief's but I suspect you wouldn't have wanted an awkward cuss ex R/O in your smooth running departments) so I swallowed the anchor. Still miss it, perhaps more now than in earlier years.

[Barry Evans]

Is that Dave Varley ex Wray castle?