Forum: Say Hello
22nd March 2018, 08:43
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Replies: 2
Views: 365
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Forum: Maritime Family History Research
8th January 2018, 00:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 755
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Forum: Maritime Family History Research
8th January 2018, 00:12
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Replies: 6
Views: 755
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Forum: Maritime Family History Research
7th January 2018, 10:32
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Replies: 6
Views: 755
Looking for information on William Fagan
On behalf of an acquaintance I am looking for information on his father William Fagan, who was sunk during WW2 whilst a crew member on a merchant ship, on St Patrick’s Day.
That’s all the detail...
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Forum: Maritime Family History Research
7th March 2017, 03:14
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,096
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Forum: Tankers
30th December 2016, 04:25
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,313
Ian F,
I was a Third Mate with Palm Line when...
Ian F,
I was a Third Mate with Palm Line when the Biafra war started, we departed Port Harcourt with about a dozen European/American refugees onboard. The Pilot was David Martin (ex Palm Line), who...
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Forum: Nautical Colleges
19th July 2015, 01:27
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,469
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Forum: Say Hello
19th July 2015, 00:50
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,008
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Forum: Palm Line
18th July 2014, 07:59
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,816
Hi all,
Interesting to hear of the Palm Line...
Hi all,
Interesting to hear of the Palm Line reunion. I sailed with Palm Line from 1963 until 1969 as 4/0 3/0 2/0 on Bamenda Palm, Badagry Palm, Niger Palm, Ilorin Palm, and a few others. I can...
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Forum: Looking for Old Shipmates
8th January 2013, 06:56
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,130
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Forum: P & O
18th June 2012, 10:18
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,602
SS Sunda collision 1961
Hi greyman 14,
Sunda was my first Ship, I joined her as a deck Cadet in may 1959 at No. 2 KGV dock London. (I was also ex S O N). Granny Porter was the old man and T A M Lincoln was C/O. I sailed...
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Forum: Looking for Old Shipmates
16th June 2012, 08:50
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Replies: 35
Views: 7,798
I sailed as a deck cadet on the SS Garonne in...
I sailed as a deck cadet on the SS Garonne in 1960/61, she was the only oil talker built for the Orient Line. She was painted in Orient line colours complete with a black cap on the funnel. It was at...
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Forum: Say Hello
14th June 2012, 03:46
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,254
Hi Joe,
I think that we sailed together on P&O...
Hi Joe,
I think that we sailed together on P&O Iberia cruising season 1960 as cadets, operating the launches at ports that we anchored at. I have lived in Australia for the last 42 years. Cheers...
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
18th March 2011, 03:25
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,692
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
16th March 2011, 14:42
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,692
Yes John, a pity about Christchurch, such a...
Yes John, a pity about Christchurch, such a lovely city with some beautiful buildings, I hope that some might be able to be repaired.
Newcastle has still not fully recovered from the 1988...
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Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest
15th March 2011, 12:59
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,692
Hope that they can rebuild it. There is also a...
Hope that they can rebuild it. There is also a very fine example of a time ball and tower on top of the old customs house building in Newcastle NSW Australia. It was also slightly damaged in an...
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Forum: Maritime Family History Research
9th January 2011, 11:24
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,568
Hello Rachel,
I remember your grandfather quite...
Hello Rachel,
I remember your grandfather quite clearly. I sailed with him on two occasions on Palm Lines MV Bamenda Palm from Liverpool to west Africa, on the first occasion in 1963 I had recently...
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Forum: Palm Line
9th January 2011, 01:12
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,843
Hello Rachel,
Yes I remember your grandfather...
Hello Rachel,
Yes I remember your grandfather Captain John Salvidge quite clearly. I sailed with him on two occasions when he was Master of MV Bamenda Palm. I was 4th Officer on the first occasion...
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Forum: P & O
3rd January 2011, 11:52
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,967
I sailed on Garonne as a Deck Cadet for about...
I sailed on Garonne as a Deck Cadet for about eleven months, from about August 1960 to July 1961, I joined and left the ship while she was in dry dock in Falmouth. She was a fine ship with good...
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Forum: Palm Line
3rd January 2011, 11:34
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,843
I found West Africa an interesting and...
I found West Africa an interesting and 'different' area to visit. Negotiating the Niger delta creeks to Sapele, Burutu and Warri was quite an experience on an ocean going ship, also steaming up the...
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Forum: Elder Dempster
30th December 2010, 23:46
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,156
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Forum: Palm Line
30th December 2010, 23:23
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,843
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Forum: Palm Line
30th December 2010, 11:13
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,843
I think that we may have met at S O Nav....
I think that we may have met at S O Nav. Southampton in 58/59, pretty hard to remember that far back though. As you correctly guessed the weather down under is great, unless one lives in Qld. which...
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Forum: Palm Line
20th December 2010, 12:23
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,843
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Forum: Coasters
12th September 2010, 10:28
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Replies: 24
Views: 12,616
I grew up in Guernsey 1946-1958 and remember...
I grew up in Guernsey 1946-1958 and remember frequently seeing many of the Dorey coal ships in St. Sampson's Harbour, they were at that time all named after bays in Guernsey, thus :- Fermain,...
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