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    Default Hi from Micky Bodill ex PSNC and others....

    Hi all, Ive rejoined ,I think,
    With PSNC '73 to 83, then Turnbull Scott and others until 1986

    Any body out there ?

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    Default Re: Hi from Micky Bodill ex PSNC and others....

    Hi Micky, Did you ever get press ganged into the famous William Wainwright Terry. p.s. I always managed to avoid her in the pool even if i wasted my 3rd strike
    {terry scouse}

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red Lead Ted View Post
    Hi Micky, Did you ever get press ganged into the famous William Wainwright Terry. p.s. I always managed to avoid her in the pool even if i wasted my 3rd strike

    That's the WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT,of course,Terry !

    WILLIAM WHEELRIGHT O.N. 301344.jpg
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    S.T. WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT (ON 301344) was built in 1960 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 31320grt, 47,838 dwt a length of 753ft 6in, a beam of 98ft 5in and a service speed of 16 knots. An oil tanker ,her registered owner was Pacific Maritime Services Ltd and she was chartered on a long term contract to Shell.
    On 26th December (Boxing Day) 1975 she ran aground off Sinoe, south of Monrovia in Liberia whilst in ballast. Lost 5,131 barrels of fuel oil.She was refloated three days later and towed to Lisbon where examination revealed that she was beyond repair. Declared a Constructive Total Loss- .but Returned to PSNC ownership.

    In October 1976 she was towed to Santander for scrapping where she was broken up by Recuperaciones Submarines S.A.
    Last edited by Graham Shaw; 22nd November 2021 at 09:55 PM.

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    Default Re: Hi from Micky Bodill ex PSNC and others....

    I was on her in 1961 for five months
    full of fleas in the cabins, she was manky HORRIBLE
    she had had Spanish coal miners on deck during the Seamans strike, from 1960

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