Forum: Life After The Sea
23rd November 2024, 15:11
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Replies: 51
Views: 84,090
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Forum: Bank Line
23rd November 2024, 14:23
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,527
Bank Line Association - Annual Reunion 2024
The 2024 reunion was held at the Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove. A very good turnout and an enjoyable evening for all.
Any ex Bank Line folk out there who want to join the association and boost our...
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Forum: Mess Deck
4th September 2024, 13:51
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Replies: 0
Views: 6,437
Merchant Navy Day 2024
Good to see some UK councils flying the Red Ensign yesterday in commemoration of the thousands of merchant seafarers who lost their lives in two world wars last century. In my view all councils and...
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Forum: Royal Navy
22nd June 2024, 14:25
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,445
You were right Tomvart. We spent a lot of time...
You were right Tomvart. We spent a lot of time shunting the Ton class on and off the synchrolift, sometimes to go back to the tidal pens (berths P1, P2, P3, P4, and R(N) and R(S)) immediately through...
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Forum: Royal Navy
19th June 2024, 11:51
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,445
Many many thanks Tomvart, that has been a great...
Many many thanks Tomvart, that has been a great help and I'm much obliged to you. A group of us retired RMAS bods are trying to prepare a list of the RN ships we attended to while they were refitting...
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Forum: Royal Navy
15th June 2024, 15:58
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,445
HM Ships in refit
Does anyone know who to contact in order to find out which HM ships and submarines were refitted at HM Dockyard, Rosyth between 1970 and 1978.
Any help would be gratefully received.
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
3rd June 2024, 14:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,917
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
7th April 2024, 14:33
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Replies: 5
Views: 10,917
RFA Officers & Ratings Query
Many websites give details of the RFA and many state that the RFA sea staff are Merchant Navy whereas others say they are civil servants. Even some MOD sites seem confused as to what the sea staff...
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Forum: Bank Line
7th April 2024, 13:27
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Replies: 8
Views: 31,038
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Forum: Bank Line
11th October 2023, 14:10
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,646
Bank Line Association - Annual Reunion 2023
The 2023 reunion was held, as usual, at the Holiday Inn, Bromsgrove. A good turnout and an enjoyable evening for all.
Any ex Bank Line folk out there who want to join the association and boost...
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Forum: Bank Line
28th July 2023, 11:35
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,525
Blue Plaque to Andrew Weir
A brief account of the Blue Plaque saga for Andrew Weir (Lord Inverforth):
The initial application was made to English Heritage for a plaque on one of Weir's London houses - he had three between...
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Forum: Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
4th May 2023, 10:42
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Replies: 0
Views: 11,717
D606
Can anyone enlighten me as to what the D606 (Modified NMB) Agreement actually stood for and why it existed in the first place?
As I understand it, it was only used for complements of MSBVs...
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Forum: Bank Line
10th January 2023, 14:04
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Replies: 8
Views: 21,117
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Forum: Bank Line
10th January 2023, 14:02
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,711
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Forum: Bank Line
13th December 2022, 15:48
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,711
AW Ship Management and Andrew Weir & Company Ltd
An update, probably late, about the two outfits in the title. E & OE by the way.
AW Ship Managment is, as its name suggests, a ship management company based in the city of London. Originally it...
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Forum: Bank Line
18th March 2022, 15:54
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,931
Christmas at sea
Maybe not the best but certainly the most tense, well leading up to it anyway.*Birchbank*1977, December 24th, completing loading at Durban for France and Italy on Chargeurs Reunis charter. Agent...
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Forum: Bank Line
18th March 2022, 15:50
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,724
Best looking bank boats
This is obviously going to be subjective but for my money, the best lookers were the last Fleetbank Class (early 1970s) and the Fish Class (late 1970s), although the Harland's 16,000dwt come very...
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Forum: Bank Line
18th March 2022, 15:47
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,205
Bank Line Masters Sailed With
A list of Masters I sailed with between 1970 and 1983
Rowanbank: Les Steers
Avonbank: Austin Hall
Marabank: DJR Davies
Lossiebank: Les Thorne
Weirbank: John Sturgess
Willowbank: John Lowans...
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Forum: Bank Line
18th March 2022, 15:42
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,618
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Forum: Bank Line
12th March 2022, 13:13
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,618
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Forum: Bank Line
5th March 2022, 14:52
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,618
Thanks for the contribution Pilot24. At least I...
Thanks for the contribution Pilot24. At least I now know that the Fleet Class had shared bathrooms like the Cora Class. I was very interested in the fact that the weather deck hatches were the roll...
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Forum: Bank Line
1st March 2022, 12:07
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Replies: 12
Views: 10,618
Shared Bathrooms
I know there were shared bathrooms on the Cora Class between 2nd and 3rd Mate and 3rd and 4th Engineers but was that also true on the Fleetbank Class and Fish Class? Having sailed as Mate on...
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Forum: The Bridge
2nd February 2022, 15:55
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Replies: 31
Views: 34,298
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Forum: Bank Line
29th October 2021, 13:42
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,456
Some Bank Line Memories
Sitting here today what brings back the happy memories of sailing with Bank Line are: the Pacific Islands, New Orleans, Aussie, chips with breakfast on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, being alone on...
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Forum: Bank Line
29th October 2021, 13:36
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Replies: 0
Views: 7,614
Ship Design
I never grasped the logic of deep tanks either side of the shaft tunnel on the Cora class. They were an absolute sod to clean and devilish hard to climb around in - access from the shaft tunnel. That...
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