Forum: Looking for Old Shipmates
22nd November 2019, 14:26
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Replies: 220
Views: 57,904
Barranca
I posted the following somewhere else.?
I was R/O on Barranca 73.
Captains Gilbert, Hodges, Dole
C/O Colin Leitch
Engineers I recall , Danny Cunningham, Mick Fulton, Danny Gilmore, Glynn...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
19th November 2019, 13:43
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
One trip we had a couple of passengers who had...
One trip we had a couple of passengers who had the ship ‘blessed’, by a priest with all the ‘whistles and bells’ before we departed Hoboken.
Travelling south we encountered 3 hurricane/tropical...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
15th November 2019, 16:31
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
Ours was the fibreglass version.
Our trip...
Ours was the fibreglass version.
Our trip through the ‘borders’ was the one stop on a beach near Leticia, the process seemed easy with the appropriate whisky and ciggies, and don’t recall Peruvian...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
14th November 2019, 14:31
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
Leticia
I’m on a roll, it’s raining.
Anybody remember the ship’s power boat being launched at the Brazilian side of the border to head to the customs post at Leticia, Colombia, walking along a jungle...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
14th November 2019, 14:23
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
Foca yr #174...
Foca yr #174 (https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=174) jogged another memory cell.... or two.
On the Valiente, we had a syndicate that purchased items in New York...
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Forum: The Radio Room
14th November 2019, 13:53
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,097
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
14th November 2019, 13:43
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
Ref #186...
Ref #186 (https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=186) Foca,
Was It the same Father’s Moustache that had a mannequin of a Scotsman in kilt, near the ladies toilet. If a...
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Forum: The Radio Room
14th November 2019, 10:35
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,097
Hi Ron, ref my #1...
Hi Ron, ref my #1 (https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1) , all your details, ie coast guard etc I remember, but would the customs house been on Governors Island, as I...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
12th November 2019, 17:46
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
Remember getting the metro over to NY. ...
Remember getting the metro over to NY.
Frequenting Todd’s Steak House, Flaming Steaks, Radio City, Greenwich Village, and I think, Your Father’s Moustache.
It seems on reflection, it was all food...
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
7th November 2019, 11:39
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
I remember those Hero Sandwiches. We regularly...
I remember those Hero Sandwiches. We regularly had them with a pint of milk. I recall them being of quite a size, with various fillings. Probably the forerunner of ‘Subway’.
Can’t remember the name...
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Forum: Ellerman
2nd November 2019, 13:34
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,802
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Forum: The Radio Room
29th October 2019, 16:05
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Replies: 63
Views: 4,741
Sailing with Mobil, I recall having to do the...
Sailing with Mobil, I recall having to do the crew lists for immigration.
For several months we were lightering off the Texas gulf coast.
USA immigration requested all crew lists be in alphabetical...
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Forum: The Radio Room
19th October 2019, 08:39
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Replies: 63
Views: 4,741
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Forum: The Radio Room
15th October 2019, 13:48
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,097
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Forum: The Radio Room
13th October 2019, 20:57
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,097
Amver
May be re inventing the wheel,... thread wise.
Went to Governor’s Island, (home of Amver) 1968. Quite impressive, I thought, with two operatives handling the incoming information, including...
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Forum: The Radio Room
13th October 2019, 17:10
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,361
In a recent “behind the scenes” documentary on...
In a recent “behind the scenes” documentary on airlines, there was a few minutes showing a case of a passenger with medical difficulties whilst in flight. Medical advice was requested from Rome...
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Forum: The Radio Room
9th October 2019, 18:36
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,805
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Forum: The Radio Room
7th October 2019, 10:34
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,361
Rome Radio
Anybody use medical advice from Rome Radio, c/s IRM, I think?
Used it a couple of times myself.
In the first contact, before diagnosis started, you had to provide information on weight, height,...
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Forum: The Radio Room
29th September 2019, 20:56
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,805
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Forum: The Radio Room
27th September 2019, 13:51
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,805
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Forum: The Radio Room
27th September 2019, 13:39
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,805
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Forum: The Radio Room
3rd August 2019, 14:20
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Replies: 48
Views: 3,703
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Forum: Ships No More
29th June 2019, 09:55
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Replies: 42
Views: 24,499
ard Dean;983306]Hi Steve,
Your father was...
ard Dean;983306]Hi Steve,
Your father was certainly correct, I was staggered at the number of masts sticking up out of the water on the edge of the Mersey when I first went to sea in the 1960's.
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
28th June 2019, 15:29
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,291
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Forum: Other Companies/Ships
14th May 2019, 08:35
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Replies: 201
Views: 50,459
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