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Forum: Prince Line 30th October 2018, 05:28
Replies: 2
Views: 11,450
Posted By roscoes
Pacific Steam Navigation Company

PSNC's ship Salaverry which I spent two happy years on as a deck apprentice was sold on to Greek Owners. The ship was lost off South Africa and I read somewhere that she sprung a leak and was...
Forum: Other Companies/Ships 29th October 2018, 06:18
Replies: 0
Views: 6,211
Posted By roscoes
Pacific Steam Navigation Company

I am surprised to see PSNC is not listed in with it's own heading amongst the other listed shipping companies.


My apprenticeship commenced August 1958 and I served with them until I joined Shaw...
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 28th August 2018, 08:06
Replies: 5
Views: 8,261
Posted By roscoes
Will be hard to get your sea time on them. ...

Will be hard to get your sea time on them.


Guess it will be called something like; manned computer control time. Which time will be gained at the control centre where one would have arrived at...
Forum: Aviation 21st August 2018, 03:30
Replies: 63
Views: 44,953
Posted By roscoes
#60 Then sit on the LOO!

#60
Then sit on the LOO!
Forum: Aviation 20th August 2018, 07:26
Replies: 63
Views: 44,953
Posted By roscoes
Tomi living in Chile is bit like us in Australia,...

Tomi living in Chile is bit like us in Australia, air travel is a necessity. Have flown to Santiago a couple of times from Sydney. Think LATAM Chile have it down to ten hours from Melbourne to...
Forum: Aviation 19th August 2018, 10:49
Replies: 63
Views: 44,953
Posted By roscoes
Recall flying Dan Air DC3 Bristol to Liverpool....

Recall flying Dan Air DC3 Bristol to Liverpool. Oil from the starboard engine was squirting like rain drops across the Windows. We had a first time flier marine engineer with us who after awhile...
Forum: Ship & Port Webcams 10th August 2018, 11:08
Replies: 15
Views: 12,061
Posted By roscoes
#2 Bob I am surprised they let you ashore...

#2


Bob I am surprised they let you ashore in the USA, just to mention the C word was a big No NO years ago.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 10th August 2018, 11:02
Replies: 4
Views: 2,503
Posted By roscoes
Do paper rounds still exist? Recall helping a...

Do paper rounds still exist? Recall helping a mate with his round, we used to drive a dog crazy by pushing the paper in and out of the letter box and then eventually fire it down the hallway like a...
Forum: The Quiz Forum 2nd August 2018, 08:56
Replies: 21
Views: 15,211
Posted By roscoes
2/7 for me!?

2/7 for me!?
Forum: Non-Seafaring Obituaries 1st August 2018, 10:42
Replies: 3
Views: 5,251
Posted By roscoes
RIP Tony and deepest sympathy to your loved ones....

RIP Tony and deepest sympathy to your loved ones. A great sailor crosses the bar.
Forum: Stormy Weather 28th July 2018, 02:13
Replies: 27
Views: 20,219
Posted By roscoes
#21 Thanks for the correction re- the...

#21


Thanks for the correction re- the makers of Jam and Barley water it was all a long time ago.


In our house when feeling poorly we got a mug of stout with brown sugar, stirred with a red...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 28th July 2018, 01:52
Replies: 39
Views: 13,014
Posted By roscoes
#2 Hawkey01 Did this trip on Aranui3....

#2
Hawkey01


Did this trip on Aranui3. Great trip don't put it off,remember you are a long time dead and they don't make shrouds with pockets.


Steve
Forum: Say Hello 27th July 2018, 11:15
Replies: 10
Views: 3,222
Posted By roscoes
Hi Philabos and a warm welcome to SH. I loved...

Hi Philabos and a warm welcome to SH.
I loved railways, especially in the days of steam. Was a keen train spotter as a kid growing up. The smell of wet coal, steam and smoke was to live for in some...
Forum: Stormy Weather 27th July 2018, 11:00
Replies: 8
Views: 7,181
Posted By roscoes
Looks as if he wants to stir up Iran. Wouldn't be...

Looks as if he wants to stir up Iran. Wouldn't be surprised if he was a school yard bully growing up.
Forum: Stormy Weather 27th July 2018, 10:48
Replies: 27
Views: 20,219
Posted By roscoes
#15 Bob, I thought that was a Man Cave! ...

#15

Bob, I thought that was a Man Cave!

Steve
Forum: Stormy Weather 27th July 2018, 05:31
Replies: 27
Views: 20,219
Posted By roscoes
Onya Tmac 1720 and Geoff, I fully endorse...

Onya Tmac 1720 and Geoff,


I fully endorse your comments and #10 Lakercapt too.


If my memory serves me right there was a shoe polish named Nigger Brown, and I think it was Robinsons Jam jar...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 25th July 2018, 02:11
Replies: 162
Views: 69,831
Posted By roscoes
Think there is a shot of the ship used in the1955...

Think there is a shot of the ship used in the1955 film Doctor At Sea passing through the Corinth Canal.
Not having seen the film in a very very long time thought there might have been a shot of a...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 24th July 2018, 08:04
Replies: 162
Views: 69,831
Posted By roscoes
What was the ship's name which featured in the...

What was the ship's name which featured in the movie 'Doctor at Sea'?


Often thought after being a number of years at sea, how close in some parts that film was to reality. Especially down the WC...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 24th July 2018, 07:57
Replies: 162
Views: 69,831
Posted By roscoes
#47 Yep Pat and Dave, It is the Manxman as she...

#47
Yep Pat and Dave, It is the Manxman as she was the only one of that class with the raised lifeboats slung under the davits and not stowed on deck with luffing davits like the others. Manxman...
Forum: Say Hello 22nd July 2018, 05:51
Replies: 9
Views: 2,248
Posted By roscoes
Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys. ...

Thanks very much for the warm welcome guys.


Out of interest tried to log into SN and discovered I now had to reset my pass word. logging in I found my profile which had disappeared, but not any...
Forum: Say Hello 20th July 2018, 09:19
Replies: 9
Views: 2,248
Posted By roscoes
Thanks Tom what I am confused about is Ships...

Thanks Tom what I am confused about is Ships Nostalgia and why my input there over the years has been deleted as far as I can tell. I agree I have never come across anything untoward on the site.
Forum: Say Hello 20th July 2018, 03:59
Replies: 9
Views: 2,248
Posted By roscoes
Confused

Thanks for the welcome, I like many others am a member of Ships Nostalgia and have noticed my profile and gallery photos no longer exist there.


Have now joined Shipping History and see familiar...
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