Forum: Mess Deck
8th April 2024, 05:15
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Get Well Soon
Tmac, I don't know you but have been reading about your adventures for years here. Please get well soon. Healing wishes all the from Pahiatua, New Zealand !!
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Forum: Mess Deck
24th January 2024, 04:54
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Forum: Mess Deck
28th December 2023, 03:34
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Forum: Mess Deck
27th December 2023, 03:25
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Not Heathen Tony ...
You're either Cornench or Fish, from Borquay or Newdeaux. Seasons greetings from Wanganui in New Zeland!
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Forum: Mess Deck
8th November 2023, 02:45
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Forum: Mess Deck
6th November 2023, 01:48
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Forum: Say Hello
16th April 2021, 23:45
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,302
Southern Garden tales
Thanks Makko and ES.
I recall Dad telling me that the CE took him up to the foc'sle and opening a hatch which led to a vertical tube full of seawater. He was directed to shine his torch and tell the...
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Forum: Say Hello
15th April 2021, 18:35
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Thanks for the History and the Music Lesson
All that history about the Southern Garden is fascinating. I have probably heard Dad talk about it at some time but I'm sure he didn't know all of it. When he shipped out from Grangemouth ( or Port...
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Forum: Say Hello
12th April 2021, 23:33
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Forum: Say Hello
12th April 2021, 23:26
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Forum: Say Hello
12th April 2021, 23:23
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Forum: Say Hello
27th March 2021, 00:21
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Forum: Say Hello
27th March 2021, 00:17
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Yeah, Dad worked on Pielstick engines on a RORO...
Yeah, Dad worked on Pielstick engines on a RORO ferry in NZ here. V.noisy high pitched motors - I recall being taken down the ER and having to wear ear muffs. What ships were you on that ran them?...
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Forum: Say Hello
27th March 2021, 00:10
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Hi There, I don't know about him working with F...
Hi There, I don't know about him working with F series Polar - In his day it was M40M series, MN's were just coming in - 6 and 9 cylinder engines installed in trawlers and ferry boats that were built...
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Forum: Say Hello
26th March 2021, 04:41
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Hi There, My Dad was a steam and diesel engineer back in the 1950's and 60's. He sailed with Christian Salvesen, did two whaling seasons down to South Georgia on the tanker Southern Garden. He spent...
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