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Forum: Royal Fleet Auxiliary 20th January 2023, 08:04
Replies: 5
Views: 1,363
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, 18:02
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,979
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, 23:47
Replies: 0
Views: 1,723
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
Views: 17,389
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.
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Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships 10th May 2019, 09:20
Replies: 22
Views: 17,389
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
Views: 1,687
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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