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30th August 2010, 08:37 PM
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Patrick - Dagenham
Hello all long time ago I was at sea, Himalaya 2 Mederanian cruises and a trip to Australia, Samanco West Coast South America, a Lamport and Holt ship cannot remember the name of, Port Nelson to the continent, Rangitoto, and finally Dominion Monarch to Australia and New Zealand, all over by 1955
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30th August 2010, 09:07 PM
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4th September 2010, 06:59 PM
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Hi Patrick,
My uncle Harold Masson was a QM on Himalaya about your time? I remember visiting the ship at Tilbury as a little boy. From that day on i wanted to go to sea and so I did.
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