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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 5th January 2022, 01:05
Replies: 5
Views: 2,771
Posted By Skerries
Interesting fact - RFA Green Rover took part in...

Interesting fact - RFA Green Rover took part in the evacuation of Europeans from Saigon
Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 4th January 2022, 01:40
Replies: 18
Views: 22,820
Posted By Skerries
Ships monthly - by post /subscription. Thinking...

Ships monthly - by post /subscription. Thinking of giving Sea Breezes a try since friend suggested it was ‘better’
Would welcome views….
Forum: Stormy Weather 3rd January 2022, 02:34
Replies: 7
Views: 2,585
Posted By Skerries
Sounds like what happened to Shettino when the...

Sounds like what happened to Shettino when the Coastguard ordered him back on board but he refused. He later claimed he was co ordinating the rescue from the nearby cliff top.
Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 31st December 2021, 01:20
Replies: 5
Views: 2,771
Posted By Skerries
Thanks for this. Which Texaco ships were they? ...

Thanks for this. Which Texaco ships were they?

Someone told me RFA Brambleleaf (?) had done the trip a couple of times from Batangas in Philippines
Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 30th December 2021, 00:59
Replies: 5
Views: 2,771
Posted By Skerries
Vietnam - RFA

Does anyone know of any RFA tankers that visited Saigon in 1970’s carrying Jet A1 for the US Military?
Forum: Stormy Weather 25th December 2021, 08:12
Replies: 9
Views: 2,847
Posted By Skerries
Nah - helicopter pilot - not into chemical and...

Nah - helicopter pilot - not into chemical and biological stuff!
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 23rd December 2021, 02:32
Replies: 1,836
Views: 584,274
Posted By Skerries
WARNING Be extra careful on the roads over the...

WARNING
Be extra careful on the roads over the Christmas holiday,
A lot of men will be drinking …………. and getting their wives to drive them home!
Forum: Stormy Weather 23rd December 2021, 02:16
Replies: 7
Views: 2,585
Posted By Skerries
Costa Concordia inquiry

Watched a two part re-run of the Costa Concordia disaster and the subsequent inquiry and court case.
Conclusions:
Who on earth was in charge on the bridge?
Why were they so close to the island?...
Forum: Stormy Weather 23rd December 2021, 02:03
Replies: 7
Views: 2,306
Posted By Skerries
My daughter and son in law are home from Italy...

My daughter and son in law are home from Italy where they work on super yachts. This whole situation with passports and time in and out of the EU for British seafarers is becoming a nightmare....
Forum: Stormy Weather 23rd December 2021, 01:53
Replies: 9
Views: 2,847
Posted By Skerries
Interesting conversation with a friend who has...

Interesting conversation with a friend who has been a career army officer and leaves next year. His view (and I guess the genetic view within our military) is that the spread of COVID is an...
Forum: Stormy Weather 16th December 2021, 03:39
Replies: 9
Views: 2,847
Posted By Skerries
Covid

It seems that the World has forgotten where this pandemic started. Conspiracy theories aside, the WHO inspection of the Wuhan Institute were stage managed and inconclusive as a result. However,...
Forum: Stormy Weather 16th December 2021, 03:31
Replies: 2
Views: 2,610
Posted By Skerries
…… and that’s the danger!

…… and that’s the danger!
Forum: Stormy Weather 29th October 2021, 00:55
Replies: 11
Views: 9,790
Posted By Skerries
What a load of utter rubbish….. official language...

What a load of utter rubbish….. official language of many European industries is English. Siemens, VAG, Alcatel, EoN etc.
Junker speaks ‘horseshit’
Forum: Stormy Weather 29th October 2021, 00:48
Replies: 2
Views: 1,574
Posted By Skerries
French arresting our trawlers

For Gods sake …. Why do we put up with all this crap from the French. Blocking lorries, arresting trawlers …
Let’s arrest three of theirs for every one of ours! Wish our Ministers would grow a...
Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960 29th October 2021, 00:44
Replies: 25
Views: 23,700
Posted By Skerries
David - did you invest when they were owned by...

David - did you invest when they were owned by Court Line?
Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960 29th October 2021, 00:41
Replies: 25
Views: 23,700
Posted By Skerries
Yes to the cutter dredger …not very big and quite...

Yes to the cutter dredger …not very big and quite unique
Only did Wimpey Seadog and did her initial sea trials and measured mile
Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960 10th October 2021, 22:47
Replies: 25
Views: 23,700
Posted By Skerries
You got it! Tom was Ken 😀 Just remembered...

You got it! Tom was Ken 😀
Just remembered another couple I stood by there as well. A Cuban dredger (can’t remember the name) and a Wimpey offshore vessel… think it was Wimpey Seadog?
Great yard…..
Forum: Stormy Weather 3rd October 2021, 10:24
Replies: 20
Views: 6,374
Posted By Skerries
You are so right. He speaks little about...

You are so right.
He speaks little about ‘Afghan’ as he calls it but once told of his frustration after a ‘skirmish’ where the local fighters sought refuge in a mosque and exited minus AK45’s and...
Forum: Shipbuilding 1900 -1960 3rd October 2021, 09:54
Replies: 25
Views: 23,700
Posted By Skerries
Best yard I ever worked with. Worked on building...

Best yard I ever worked with. Worked on building of ‘RRS Charles Darwin’ and Rowbothams ‘Tankerman’ there. Great and very friendly workforce who were generally always willing to lend a hand.
There...
Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 3rd October 2021, 09:30
Replies: 2
Views: 2,315
Posted By Skerries
Thank you.

Thank you.
Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 26th August 2021, 00:56
Replies: 2
Views: 2,315
Posted By Skerries
ss Louisianan & ss Napo

I was researching family over the last few weeks and found that my Great Grandmothers brother was a mariner. I found him on a number of crew lists but two of the ships are a mystery. The first one is...
Forum: Stormy Weather 17th August 2021, 01:19
Replies: 20
Views: 6,374
Posted By Skerries
Totally agree! Worst 7 months of my life was when...

Totally agree! Worst 7 months of my life was when my son was there in 2012 with R Marines….
Forum: Stormy Weather 17th August 2021, 01:17
Replies: 20
Views: 6,374
Posted By Skerries
No one has ever managed to bring any kind of...

No one has ever managed to bring any kind of normality to that place throughout history- way before even the Russians
Forum: Stormy Weather 16th August 2021, 01:49
Replies: 20
Views: 6,374
Posted By Skerries
Angry Afghanistan

What has 20 years of deployment if allied troops in Afghanistan been all about just to hand it back to the Taliban?
Why did we ever bother!
454 British families have lost a loved one…. For what?...
Forum: The Radio Room 16th August 2021, 01:26
Replies: 16
Views: 4,201
Posted By Skerries
SS Mitra/GYYW Junior R/O joined Lisbon roads 1971...

SS Mitra/GYYW Junior R/O joined Lisbon roads 1971 - Ras Tanura and Singapore, Muscat - Methil paid off.
Capt Lomax, R/O John Evans IMRC
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