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Kris,
no others like me at sea. Took my ticket in Brid.
Ref the paint probably a job lot from some British paint company. Went well with our grey and rust!
The rig made a change after the full rig we had to wear on Joe's ships, including hats. One famous Capt. insisted on all that, went by the name of Capt Jimmy Briton. Many stories but!!!
Neville
no others like me at sea. Took my ticket in Brid.
Ref the paint probably a job lot from some British paint company. Went well with our grey and rust!
The rig made a change after the full rig we had to wear on Joe's ships, including hats. One famous Capt. insisted on all that, went by the name of Capt Jimmy Briton. Many stories but!!!
Neville
Well, Neville
I took my ticket in Hull '64/66. I now live 12 miles from Brid, in Driffield.
Did my electronics in Saudi Shields in '74.
Did go to a few parties in Brid and Scrapbro around that era.
I can relate to the flopping out of uniform. Carrying passengers on cargo ships was a pain and it was always good to get rid of 'em and chill out in trunks and t-shirts. With flip-flops, of course.
Kris
I took my ticket in Hull '64/66. I now live 12 miles from Brid, in Driffield.
Did my electronics in Saudi Shields in '74.
Did go to a few parties in Brid and Scrapbro around that era.
I can relate to the flopping out of uniform. Carrying passengers on cargo ships was a pain and it was always good to get rid of 'em and chill out in trunks and t-shirts. With flip-flops, of course.
Kris
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Kris,
'Eau de nil' paintwork was fairly standard on a lot of ships and was used on dodgers and sometimes round bridge windows as it was supposed to not reflect light and therefore not impede your night vision. Dont know if it actually worked or if it was a marketing ploy by the paint companies!
regards
Dave
'Eau de nil' paintwork was fairly standard on a lot of ships and was used on dodgers and sometimes round bridge windows as it was supposed to not reflect light and therefore not impede your night vision. Dont know if it actually worked or if it was a marketing ploy by the paint companies!
regards
Dave
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Colin,
now you have me thinking! Really cannot be sure but he was not one to change. If you were in good books it was christian names otherwise it was Mr. Fortunately the radio dept was on good terms. Remember him sleeping on the chart table when entering the Gulf or getting near port. He also hated Chinese food which was a bind as without exception we all loved it and we had Chinese crew. Hence the European chop was pretty grim!. Used to check the bar book as well to see how much we were drinking. Also the story about the H (think) class ship when he was Capt. Supposedly diving overboard on entering the Mersey (White crew). No doubt blown up but the story had it that he was never given another Wcrew ship! Had relief Capt for a while called Alex Brown who was just great. I joined with him in Rotterdam then had the pleasure of Jim later!
Neville
now you have me thinking! Really cannot be sure but he was not one to change. If you were in good books it was christian names otherwise it was Mr. Fortunately the radio dept was on good terms. Remember him sleeping on the chart table when entering the Gulf or getting near port. He also hated Chinese food which was a bind as without exception we all loved it and we had Chinese crew. Hence the European chop was pretty grim!. Used to check the bar book as well to see how much we were drinking. Also the story about the H (think) class ship when he was Capt. Supposedly diving overboard on entering the Mersey (White crew). No doubt blown up but the story had it that he was never given another Wcrew ship! Had relief Capt for a while called Alex Brown who was just great. I joined with him in Rotterdam then had the pleasure of Jim later!
Neville
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