AB Ronnie Anderson impersonating the C/E. Border Thistle 21/07/05.
A Mackem by Birth, the last I'd heard was that Ronnie was living in Thailand. Top bloke.
Ex Panocean.
After taking the Freefall lifeboat for a jolly comes the difficult part of getting it back aboard.
AB Ronnie Anderson on the left, 2/O Max Gammage on the right and the 2/E in the 'cockpit' trying to manoeuvre.
Border Thistle, Inverness Firth, 21/07/05.
Looking down on the labyrinth!
17/07/05, off the Firth of Forth bound for Grangemouth.
M.T. Border Thistle
3248 grt, 4975 dwt
79.90x17.0x8.96m
Max Draft: 6.30m
8-cyl. 4 scsa (255 x 400mm) MaK 8M25 type engine by Caterpiller Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel. 2,400bhp
Damen Bergum (Yd No. 1036 la