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[Richard Ward]

Hi all I'm Richard joined MN in 1960 at prescott Street London sailed with P&O, BP , Houlder Bros
Dundee & Firth. Kaye Tankers. First ship was the Himalaya last ship Kingennie . Good to meet you all
Dis.book No.R747153

[happy daze john in oz]

G'day Richard and welcome to the site. If you have a list of your ships maybe with some dates and you care to list them on site it s very possible you will hear from some who sailed with you.So sit back with a cold one and enjoy the voyage.

[Doc Vernon]

Hi trekki (Richard)
Would just like to give you a warm Welcome to this very good site!
Here you will find lots of info,good Crew and with luck also find a few old Shipmates!
So sit back,relax and just enjoy the trip!
Hope we will have you here for a long time!
A site truly worthy of the British Merchant Navy!
Cheers

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[stephen flaherty]

Hi Richard, I had the miss fortune to sail on a tanker called KAYSON back in the 60. does it ring any bells for you ?
Steve R804635

[leigh ashton]

HI RICHARD AND WELCOME TO THE SITE.
YOU SAID YOU WERE WITH HOULDER BROS, WHAT SHIPS MATE MAYBE OUR PATHS CROSSED,I WAS WITH THEM FOR MOST OF THE 1970s DEEPSEA THEN IN THE NORTH SEA ON THE RIGS.
REGARDS
LEIGH ASHTON.

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome that man.
Enjoy the site as much as we do
Ron the batcave

[Tom Abernethy]

hi richard,
find a bunk and settle in. you will find this is a great site with good chat and some fine,
er, gentlemen with a lot of good and helpfull stuff to say.
tom abernethy (R721582)

[Richard Ward]

Hi Stephen
I was on the Kayeson November 1969 as 2nd steward laundry man as you say extra hours the captain as you say a right drongo. we had just discharged cargo in Emden and on our way down to Gabon turbine went up the creek we could see uk but the prat had us towed into Rotterdam for repairs.Can't remember the captains name but he was a little bloke and always wore a beret does that ring any bells ?

[stephen flaherty]

Hi Richard, I was on the Kayeson in the middle sixties. We went to Rotterdam to pick the ship up it had been fitted with a new deep bottom. It was a whole new crew the Captain would not give us shore leave or any sub so we could by beer ect.
I was Engineer steward and also did the laundry ...extra hours and extra money.
We sailed to aden and picked up some light fuel oil and went back to France and discharged it.
We then went through the canal and to the Gates of Hell up to Abudabi and filled up with crude oil, we were too deep to go back through the canal and went around Africa.
We had no mail, no films, two beers a day,
While we were docked inn the gulf the Captain and the Cadets painted the ship, he would not give the deck extra hours. on the way back around Africa he knocked the deck crew off on Friday till monday so they lost out on sundays at sea.
I was cover in the mess serving the Captain and one night he got up and walked over to an Engineer and said "GET OUT" the Engineer had not put his tie on!
When we signed up we had six months or first port call in England. While sailing back we did not have clue where we were going, two days out from England we were told that we were going to Liverpool.
When we docked a police man come aboard and wanted to take a member of the crew as he had not paid money to the upkeep of his child...the second steward took the policeman to the Captain and said unless you pay I will take him ashore and lock him up.......The Captain said" TAKE HIM WHERE YOU FUCXXX LIKE.
The whole crew that joined in Rotterdam left in Liverpool.
Thats all for now, Steve R804635

[frank brant]

Hi all I'm Richard joined MN in 1960 at prescott Street London sailed with P&O, BP , Houlder Bros
Dundee & Firth. Kaye Tankers. First ship was the Himalaya last ship Kingennie . Good to meet you all
Dis.book No.R747153

Like yourself I also sailed on ths Kayeson in 1963 but unlike some of rhe replies you seem to have got
I had a good trip on this ship as I spent seven months on her, the only complaint I had was the fast
turn round when we was in port.
From Frank Brant