Hello All
 

Was with another site for ten years, noticed some familiar names on here, also this site recommended by a former shipmate. Hope I serve you well: probably posted in the incorrect thread, but I will get better before I expire. Please feel free to shift to correct thread

Hello IJC, good to see you have arrived onboard

A warm welcome aboard from the Philippines. Please enjoy all this great new site has to offer.

hi IHC 38 , how was the tea party ? glad to see you here
Rob

Hello Marian and Rob no hiding anything from you two is there, mind you I'm not very good at hiding anything am I?, thanks Billyboy. Looking forward to an interesting voyage. The Tea Party was very nice and met some interesting people

Hello everybody. happy to be here.
olibar3 from Ship Nostalgia.

Greetings to both IJC38 and olibar a warm welcome to you both. Bon voyage.

IJC 38


Welcome to SH. Good to have you aboard :thumb:

Hi IJC 38,Hugh, Marian and Rob the party is getting bigger.
Tugger

91, I believe another will be along just shortly Des, I am smiling, just haven't worked out how to post them yet.

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Just like London Busses then , No , not the ex London Transport man , is it ?

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go to Advanced i n the posting box for the smilies

Thank you Rob:wave:...'Tis Bill:)

Yes Marian I have just seen him pull alongside and tie up , it looks like you are spreading the word well

Welcome aboard IJC & olibar :)

Hi IJC
I got I googled "British Trawler Swanland" and got up a site that beside the history of Swanland had many trawlers on it, don't know if you have looked at it many old trawlers there.
Tugger

Hi Tugger


Thanks for that. I have googled the trawler 'Swanland' on many occasions, but the only one that keeps coming up is the stern trawler built in 1960's, the one I was on was a Sidewinder built in 1914. I did contact many sources in Hull who have thousands of photos in their archives but no one came up with H402. Some months later my brother who still lives in the area sent me a photo which he saw in a boot sale, of some trawlers in St Andrews Dock Hull, taken many moons ago and there nestling amongst some modern larger trawlers was a tall white blacked topped funnel with the signal letters H402 painted on it, but no full photo. But as they say 'owts betta than nowt' Hadn't realised she was such a tiddler, but then again I was only a tiddler (13) myself and at that age everything looks big. Again thanks for your efforts it is appreciated