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Forum: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

20th January 2023, 07:04

Replies: 5

Great week for the RFA : new ships

Views: 12,996

Posted By purser52

Great week for the RFA : new ships

The Ministry of Defence made two major announcements concerning the RFA this week.

Firstly came an announcement about the purchase of two commercial ships for conversion to RFAs, the first of...

Forum: The Pig & Whistle

14th November 2022, 17:02

Replies: 1,880

Humour the best of medicine

Views: 971,706

Posted By purser52

A sailor dies one Saturday and appears at the...

A sailor dies one Saturday and appears at the Pearly Gates. Presently St Peter appears and asks him what he wants. "I have been a God-fearing seafarer all my working life, I have worked diligently...

Forum: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

24th November 2020, 22:47

Replies: 0

Purser Peter Buckley crossed the bar

Views: 6,529

Posted By purser52

Purser Peter Buckley crossed the bar

I’m sorry to report that ex-Purser Peter Buckley has crossed the bar after a battle with cancer, bravely fought. Peter had 2 x periods in the RFA, joining in the late 1970s after initially serving...

Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships

10th May 2019, 17:14

Replies: 22

PS Waverley

Views: 25,612

Posted By purser52

...and having only posted the sad news above...

...and having only posted the sad news above earlier today, more is received. PS Waverley will not operate at all in 2019 and an appeal has been launched to replace her boilers.
...

Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships

10th May 2019, 09:20

Replies: 22

PS Waverley

Views: 25,612

Posted By purser52

PS Waverley

Sad to see that the paddle steamer Waverley will not enter service until August this year due to extended boiler works being undertaken : her programme for May, June and July has been cancelled. ...

Forum: Say Hello

21st July 2018, 14:26

Replies: 3

Newly joined

Views: 4,762

Posted By purser52

Newly joined

I’m another refugee from “the other place”. 21 years afloat in the (British) Merchant Navy and I’ve now been a ship manager for 19 years ashore. Yep I passed my 40th anniversary in this great...

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