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Old 31st January 2023, 20:58
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#3168.....

Better known as a soldier of renown.....he sailed aboard whalers after leaving school.
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Old 31st January 2023, 22:10
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#3170 Queen Elizabeth.
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Old 1st February 2023, 08:06
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#3170.....answer.
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Old 1st February 2023, 08:09
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#3168......answer.

Jack Hinton V.C.

"He had left home at the age of 12 and survived for a time on his earnings as a galley hand on board an Antarctic whaling ship".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hinton

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...c-1245090.html

Well worth reading.

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Old 1st February 2023, 09:20
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Which former seafarer was entitled to wear these ribbons.....?
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Old 1st February 2023, 09:21
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Identify the river estuary......
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Old 1st February 2023, 12:25
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Which former seafarer was entitled to wear these ribbons.....?
Sir Peter Markham Scott
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Old 1st February 2023, 12:28
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Identify the river estuary......
Looks a lot like the Solway Firth to me?
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Old 1st February 2023, 13:29
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Both above..... Correct.
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Old 1st February 2023, 13:31
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Where in the world?
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Old 1st February 2023, 21:05
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..........answer.
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Old 1st February 2023, 21:07
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Same place as above.....

https://im-a-puzzle.com/share/0bd0487dfb440b8
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Old 1st February 2023, 21:11
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Identify the ship and her location.....
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Old 2nd February 2023, 09:41
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Identify the ship and her location.......
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Old 2nd February 2023, 09:49
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#3185 Tulum (Mexico)
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Old 2nd February 2023, 10:00
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"Ohhhhhh......i do like to be beside the..........."

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Old 2nd February 2023, 10:01
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"#3185 Tulum (Mexico"

Correct.
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Old 2nd February 2023, 14:05
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#3191 "beside the seaside". MSC Seaside's bridge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVvSzUcNcI)
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Old 2nd February 2023, 17:19
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"MSC Seaside"

Correct.
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Old 2nd February 2023, 17:23
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#3188...... continued.
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Old 2nd February 2023, 17:53
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#3188 HMS Eagle. Cape Town/SA.
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Old 2nd February 2023, 20:52
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......50% correct.

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Old 2nd February 2023, 20:55
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Same location as #3189......

https://im-a-puzzle.com/share/7f171e61e1d0235
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Old 2nd February 2023, 21:16
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#3189/3198 Bequia (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
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Old 2nd February 2023, 21:21
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......50% correct.

Must be a sister ship then.
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