It was great of Dick to post all that "as it it really was" stuff.
I have some stories but probably of little general interest as was never involved with famous or infamous ships
Actually not quite true, there were a few but the infamy was confined within the company.
Is there anyone around to do a "as it really was" bit on the Remuera from c.1974. In particular I'm really interested to know if the story of the port and starboard HP turbine rotors getting interchanged is true: