Forum: Prince Line
30th October 2018, 05:28
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Replies: 2
Views: 20,433
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
PSNC's ship Salaverry which I spent two happy years on as a deck apprentice was sold on to Greek Owners. The ship was lost off South Africa and I read somewhere that she sprung a leak and was...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
29th October 2018, 06:18
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Replies: 0
Views: 45,967
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
I am surprised to see PSNC is not listed in with it's own heading amongst the other listed shipping companies.
My apprenticeship commenced August 1958 and I served with them until I joined Shaw...
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
28th August 2018, 08:06
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Replies: 5
Views: 12,841
Will be hard to get your sea time on them.
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Will be hard to get your sea time on them.
Guess it will be called something like; manned computer control time. Which time will be gained at the control centre where one would have arrived at...
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Forum: Aviation
21st August 2018, 03:30
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Replies: 63
Views: 58,904
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Forum: Aviation
20th August 2018, 07:26
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Replies: 63
Views: 58,904
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Forum: Aviation
19th August 2018, 10:49
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Replies: 63
Views: 58,904
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Forum: Ship & Port Webcams
10th August 2018, 11:08
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,957
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
10th August 2018, 11:02
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,700
Do paper rounds still exist? Recall helping a...
Do paper rounds still exist? Recall helping a mate with his round, we used to drive a dog crazy by pushing the paper in and out of the letter box and then eventually fire it down the hallway like a...
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Forum: The Quiz Forum
2nd August 2018, 08:56
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Replies: 21
Views: 24,094
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Forum: Non-Seafaring Obituaries
1st August 2018, 10:42
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,205
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Forum: Stormy Weather
28th July 2018, 02:13
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Replies: 27
Views: 24,797
#21
Thanks for the correction re- the...
#21
Thanks for the correction re- the makers of Jam and Barley water it was all a long time ago.
In our house when feeling poorly we got a mug of stout with brown sugar, stirred with a red...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
28th July 2018, 01:52
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Replies: 39
Views: 17,626
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Forum: Say Hello
27th July 2018, 11:15
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,403
Hi Philabos and a warm welcome to SH.
I loved...
Hi Philabos and a warm welcome to SH.
I loved railways, especially in the days of steam. Was a keen train spotter as a kid growing up. The smell of wet coal, steam and smoke was to live for in some...
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Forum: Stormy Weather
27th July 2018, 11:00
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,348
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Forum: Stormy Weather
27th July 2018, 10:48
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Replies: 27
Views: 24,797
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Forum: Stormy Weather
27th July 2018, 05:31
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Replies: 27
Views: 24,797
Onya Tmac 1720 and Geoff,
I fully endorse...
Onya Tmac 1720 and Geoff,
I fully endorse your comments and #10 Lakercapt too.
If my memory serves me right there was a shoe polish named Nigger Brown, and I think it was Robinsons Jam jar...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
25th July 2018, 02:11
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
24th July 2018, 08:04
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
What was the ship's name which featured in the...
What was the ship's name which featured in the movie 'Doctor at Sea'?
Often thought after being a number of years at sea, how close in some parts that film was to reality. Especially down the WC...
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
24th July 2018, 07:57
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Replies: 162
Views: 85,524
#47
Yep Pat and Dave, It is the Manxman as she...
#47
Yep Pat and Dave, It is the Manxman as she was the only one of that class with the raised lifeboats slung under the davits and not stowed on deck with luffing davits like the others. Manxman...
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Forum: Say Hello
22nd July 2018, 05:51
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,296
Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys.
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Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys.
Out of interest tried to log into SN and discovered I now had to reset my pass word. logging in I found my profile which had disappeared, but not any...
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Forum: Say Hello
20th July 2018, 09:19
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,296
Thanks Tom what I am confused about is Ships...
Thanks Tom what I am confused about is Ships Nostalgia and why my input there over the years has been deleted as far as I can tell. I agree I have never come across anything untoward on the site.
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Forum: Say Hello
20th July 2018, 03:59
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,296
Confused
Thanks for the welcome, I like many others am a member of Ships Nostalgia and have noticed my profile and gallery photos no longer exist there.
Have now joined Shipping History and see familiar...
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