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Originally Posted by R58484957
I was on the Canton at the time, just back from HK, and we had spirits stashed away in the evaporator ( it was never used) and the chief rang down and said start it up, never had a door been so quickly removed and replaced, reckon we were in the book of records.. We were anchored in the Thames for 5 days.
The 4th eng was getting married and wanted a good supply of spirits and in those days it was us versus the customs
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My dad, as any seaman, hated fog. He got, as his pilotage turn just as the fog set in, one of the emigrant liners inbound to Tilbury (I forget which one) - normally just a couple of hours job. He was stuck with it at anchor off Gravesend, for three days and loved every minute!
JJ.