Forum: Blue Funnel Line
2nd May 2013, 17:05
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Replies: 21
Views: 878
Hi Peter, in the 8 years with Mobil I never...
Hi Peter, in the 8 years with Mobil I never joined or left any vessels in the UK, we were allowed excess baggage allowance & flew on many airlines. You were not required to have a uniform as it would...
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
28th March 2013, 20:05
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,677
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Forum: Ship Research
22nd January 2013, 21:29
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Replies: 5
Views: 521
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Forum: The Galley
8th January 2013, 20:55
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Replies: 148
Views: 18,728
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Forum: The Engine Room
7th November 2012, 21:06
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,161
Hi Trev H. The thrust bearing is replaced by...
Hi Trev H. The thrust bearing is replaced by removing the propeller & pulling the rotor aft & is done usually in 4 or 5 days but the slewing bearing takes much longer as the poop deck needs to have a...
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Forum: Royal Fleet Auxiliary
1st August 2012, 01:52
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,880
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Forum: The Bridge
16th July 2012, 02:04
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Replies: 314
Views: 26,777
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
20th June 2012, 02:05
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Replies: 1
Views: 587
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Forum: Ship Research
31st May 2012, 02:02
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Replies: 4
Views: 789
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Forum: Ship Research
12th May 2012, 01:34
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Replies: 4
Views: 789
Esso tanker colliding with Lake Maracaibo bridge.
I was on a Mobil tanker going into Lake Maricibo to load & there was a Venezualan Esso tanker with a section of the roadway on its fore deck, doe's anyone remember this event in the early 60's. ...
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Forum: The Engine Room
10th May 2012, 02:22
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,417
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Forum: Say Hello
23rd February 2012, 02:55
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Replies: 10
Views: 495
Hi John, When I was on the Endeavour after the...
Hi John, When I was on the Endeavour after the grounding in Naples we went to Genoa for 11 weeks to get a new bottom in the ship, it is a good run ashore. The week before we were due to leave dry...
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Forum: Tankers
21st December 2011, 18:46
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Replies: 1
Views: 620
Hi Magic Fingers, She was brought to Swans...
Hi Magic Fingers, She was brought to Swans Drydock Wallsend on Tyne for repair late 50's or early 60's, she had canvas tank vents hung thru. the skylights to try & get some air into the...
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Forum: Tankers
21st December 2011, 17:50
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,643
Hi janzy,My first ship was Mobil Comet ex Sovac...
Hi janzy,My first ship was Mobil Comet ex Sovac Comet, Joined her as a 20 year old junior engineer in drydock Palermo in 1962 September & during the docking she changed again to Mobil Eagle, No AC...
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Forum: Looking for Old Shipmates
29th November 2011, 20:11
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Replies: 3
Views: 523
Hi John, My first trip was Mobil Comet which...
Hi John, My first trip was Mobil Comet which changed its name to Mobil Eagle in dry dock Palermo 1962. The C/E was a South African 2/E was Ernie Hughes from Shiremoor near Newcastle, the 3/E was...
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Forum: BP Shipping
28th November 2011, 16:21
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Replies: 21
Views: 6,200
jmbrent
The british skill's inert gas system was installed by Swan Hunter Dry Docks at Wallsend in the late fifties. the funnel was enlarged to accomodate the scrubbing tower.
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Forum: Say Hello
18th February 2010, 20:24
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Replies: 6
Views: 262
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