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Subject: QE2


Author:
Glenn Baker R779822
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Date Posted: Friday, February 29, 09:52:42am
QE2 was in Melbourne today leaves tonite, Last time we will ever see this great ship I shall be ringing the Sun Herald newspaper Melbourne in the hope they have taken a good photo shot of her, because ill order a big pic of her and have it framed. It will probably be the last time we will ever see a Passenger liner that actually looks like a Ship instead of the Block of Flats on water Shipyards are turning out now. All the Best Glenn in Oz

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Subject: trawler men


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mike (help)
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Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 02:32:11pm
hi all,one week too retirement,
a questions have been asked,which i was not sure of the answer.
do fishermen have the same kind of discharge book as us seamen,and could they work on merchant ships without any bother,and visa-versa.
mike in windy maidstone.

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Subject: our beth


Author:
alf corbyn (plymouth devon r 397928)
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 12:28:25pm

welcome back beth. sorry your computer has developed a limp. cheers. alf

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Subject: National Veterans Week


Author:
Pete Axon (MN too)
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Date Posted: Saturday, March 01, 10:06:59pm
Just letting you all know that Blackpool has been chosen as the host for National Veterans Day 2008, and will be holding events from 21 - 29 June to celebrate. The main theme is reunion and they will be trying to get as many comrades together as possible over the week. For further info on the events, including Aero GP, Fireworks and formal Veterans Badge presentations, see their website: www.veteransweek.co.uk - don't forget, some Merchant Seamen are entitled to their Veterans Badge too. Check out www.veterans-uk.info for details.

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Subject: Re .Four Bells Rum.


Author:
NORMAN .F. WORMALD R579684 (Thankful.)
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Date Posted: Saturday, March 01, 09:08:19pm
My thanks to you all that helpt me with info.regarding Four Bells Rum.
Kind regards Norman.

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Subject: screen cleaner


Author:
Dennis Taff Williams (lickety spit)
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Date Posted: Saturday, March 01, 08:55:10pm
Is your monitor dirty?this is the answer.

<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="https://emp.ucsd.edu/swf/screenclean.swf">https://emp.ucsd.edu/swf/screenclean.swf</a>

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Subject: Port Pelly 1943 (July)


Author:
John Davis (Help anyone)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 10:52:30am
I am researching a sinking for a friend who wishes to trace information relating to his cousin (Kenneth Crowther)a galley boy on the SS Port Pelly, torpedoed and sunk on the 20th July 1943, she was sunk in Augusta Sicily. There were about 20 survivors (sadly Kenneth was not one of them). If any of the survivors or any of their relations are still around and have information with regard to K.Crowther, or any pics with reference to Kenneth or the vessel it`s self it would be much appreciated if you could onpass the said info to my e-mail address.
Best Regards J. Davis.

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Subject: world war 1 merchant navy


Author:
Janice Morgan (inquisitive)
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Date Posted: Thursday, February 28, 03:07:32pm
I understand my father served on a vessel called 'Formosa' in the first world war. It might have been a minesweeper. If anyone can help please I would be very grateful, I would love to find out more about his years during the war.
Janice

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Subject: scammers


Author:
jack jenkins
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 07:16:29am
Looks like the nigerian scammers trawl this site for
names,I got an email using my name,this is the only
site where I use my full name,has anyone else been
contacted?? I didnt answer,it was only for $5.4 mil
LOL

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Subject: Boys Own Paper memories of the 50's


Author:
tony cooke ('misty'....)
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Date Posted: Saturday, February 23, 09:28:05am
I have a copy of the Boys Own Paper of May 1951 (price one shilling) which contains a treasure-trove of ads and articles such as Brylcream (with a photo of Denis Compton-not a hair out of place), the Webley Air pistol,The Army Apprenticeship Schools, Radio Officer Training Colleges at Clapham, the Wireless College at Colwyn Bay, the London Telegraph College, Earls Court (where I trained), the Merchant Navy School of Navigation at Southampton, the BSA Golden Wings dropped handlebar bicycle (WOW), How to build a two-seater canoe with sails, a detailed article on the Festival of Britain (non-PC!), How to hold down your first job, a story entitled ‘Biggles works it out‘, a Mars bar ad including Sammy Shuteye, BSA Cadet major air rifle, a RAF ad. for apprenticeship to service such airplanes as the Gloster Meteor, stamps for approval, and so many more from those wonderful long-ago days. Makes me feel quite ‘misty’ sometimes when I think about them.
Cheers all
tony

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Subject: MN wall shield/plaque


Author:
Bobbette French (Help!)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 10:53:56am
Hello Lads
A quick thank you for your response to my shout for help.

I have found a company who will produce wall shields/plaques plus unique inscription to order so my search is over. Again thank you

Bobbette French
The Federation of Merchant Mariners

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Subject: Wall shield


Author:
Bobbette French (Trying to help out)
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Date Posted: Friday, February 22, 06:09:11pm
Help. One of our individual supporters wants to buy a wooden wall shield with a replica merchant navy cap badge mounted on it. Can anyone help me to help him please?

The Federation of Merchant Mariners

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Subject: ESSENTIAL COSTS UP AGAIN


Author:
john strange (too expensive)
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Date Posted: Saturday, February 23, 04:07:06am
Have you all noticed how prices are escalating? Went to my local dispensary today to find the cost of a bottle of gin is now over $30 and to add insult to injury the price of tonic water has also gone up. How are we meant to survive when the essentials of life are costing so much. Why cannot our governemnt add these items to the concession list?

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Subject: Red I.D. Books


Author:
Terry Willcox (Lost Identity)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 18, 08:03:32pm
Hi All. What year did we lose out Red Identity books, and why????

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Subject: abandon ship


Author:
who (help)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 18, 03:36:04pm

I AM ALL ALONE,PLEASE HELP ME,MY SHIP HAS SUNK.

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Subject: Ben Line


Author:
Vernon R697530 (4 ALL)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 11, 05:37:47am
HI,
Dont recall if this has been posted before,but thought it may be of interest to those who were on the Ben Line Ships.
Has quite a lot of info and pics,some of you may even recall crew shown on the lists,mind you its a bit later than some who served years ago.
Have fun and enjoy
Chers
Vernon

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Subject: Memorabillia


Author:
Ivor Lloyd
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Date Posted: Monday, February 18, 08:30:14am
Mine are
Whistle (stamped BISN) and lanyard worn when I was torpedoed in 1944
Gunnery Profficiency Certificate dated 1942
Photographs of all the ships I sailed on as R/O
Various Shore Leave Passes

Ivor

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Subject: Change of this Website Address


Author:
Vernon R697530 (In case! for ALL)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 18, 01:13:33am
More than likely ALL of you may have allready taken notice of the Red Ticker on the Start Page of this great site!
But for those who may have missed it,please do click on the Ticker message to make sure that you will have the correct address for the upcoming change to this site,in case your Bookmarked Favourites do not take you there in the near future.
This message is just meant as a help note for ALL here.
Cheers and all have a nice day
Vernon

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Subject: TAKE A ROUGH RIDE!


Author:
Vernon R697530 (Rough Rides)
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 09:51:29am
Thought some may like to see some good Video on rough rides at Sea,i enjoyed brought back memories of the famous Bay of Biscay.
Cheers and Enjoy!
Vernon

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Subject: What the !!!!!


Author:
Roger Wolfe in Tassie R713695 (SS Queen Victoria)
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Date Posted: Sunday, February 17, 09:20:15pm
Just read about the new Cunard liner the "Queen Victoria" built in bleeding Italy, owned by the bloody yanks what on earth is going on !!!.
Cheers, Roger

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Subject: pom ex pats?


Author:
terry{scouse} (i wounder?)
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Date Posted: Friday, February 08, 01:26:19am
i wounder how many ex pats know the origine of {poms} awaiting regards terry {scouse}.

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Subject: Among my souvenirs...


Author:
tony cooke
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Date Posted: Sunday, February 17, 10:40:06pm
Just a few souvenirs (which I still have) from my MN days……
1. M/Navy card, Discharge Book and R/O Ticket
2. Uniform and ’whites’ (need a clean having not been used since 1957)
3. Postcard of rms Scythia
4. Set of Scythia menus Southampton to Quebec ( Sept 1952)
5. Set of liar-dice Scythia (1952)
6. MN Identity Card issued in Avonmouth (August 1952)
7. Full pack of Union Castle playing cards 1950’s (local junk shop)
8. South American passport (the photo made me look like a convict)
9. Lacquered jewel case (Japan)
10.Butterfly tray and receipt (Rio 1954)
11.BOAC ticket stub Heathrow to Cairo to join President Kruger (1955)
12.Postcard (coloured) of BOAC Argonaut which I flew in
13.Hotel Semiramis info blurb in Cairo 1955
14.Immigration visa Newport News (1954)
15.Promotional flyer for The Platters concert in Buenos Airies (1957)
I would have included a box of Planters Punch Rum from Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1954 but temptation overcame intent after a week!
Cheers all
Tony

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Subject: Am I missed ?


Author:
Frank in Sunny Leith (Missed You all)
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Date Posted: Sunday, February 17, 01:03:28pm
Hi Folks,
Don't know if I've been missed, but I've had sever PC problems due to mischievious internet users, now got a new hard drive hope it's OK now. Ive been suffering from communication withdrawal symptoms for two weeks now. Hope to be able to contribute constructively now.
Fondest Regards Frank

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Subject: To be deep sixed


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Roger Wolfe in Tassie R713695 (Deep 6)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 02:30:54am
Everyone know's what to be "Deep sixed" means, But why 6, was this the lengh of the leadsman's sounding line or what, just curious.
Cheers, Roger

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Subject: Need Help Please


Author:
David Mulcahy (unhappy)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 08:38:00pm
I am hoping someone can help me find the ship my grandad was on. His name was Henry James Brann Mulcahy and came from Folkestone in Kent, That is all i have so you can see i need help. I have his medals but there is nothing written on them even on the edging, so if anyone can help( even if its another web site or a department of some sort ) i would be very grateful. I do not know how these things work, i was hoping there would be a register of what ship my grandad was on but i have drawn a blank. Please help........

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Subject: Missing You


Author:
Frank Ferri (PC Crash)
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Date Posted: Sunday, February 17, 05:39:00pm
HI Folks,
Been away for a wee while. Major PC problems due to mischevious internet users. Been suffering from communication withdrawal symptoms, think everyting is OK I hope, only down side is I've lost all my e-mail addresses.
Fondest regards to all
Frank (Sunny Leith)

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Subject: Oceans of Time


Author:
Syd Young (Happy for me)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 04, 03:43:06pm
If you are having trouble getting Dave Shares book from bookshops as I have had,order it from your library.I put an order in for it and got it three days later from Plymouth library,I live near Bournemouth, so it is in the library system.Sorry Dave no profit for you and I saved £15.I have got about quarter way through it so far, so should be back in the system soon.

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Subject: WW1 Troopships


Author:
Cliff Phillips
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Date Posted: Saturday, February 16, 08:43:22pm
Has anyone any information on WW1 Troopships or know where I can find any info on them. I am trying to find anything on a ship used to take troops to France in 1915 with the name of Servial or something similar, possibly Seival or Seiual.

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Subject: MV London Bridge + Sydney Bridge


Author:
McGurggle (Extaticccccccccc.....)
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 05, 06:30:57am
Anyone got photos of the MVs London + Sydney Bridge. (Bowrings I think). My old mate in Kiwi has asked me to try for pics as he hasn't a computer.
Thanks
McG

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Subject: I'M BACK


Author:
fRANK ...IN SUNNY LEITH (I've missed you all)
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Date Posted: Sunday, February 17, 12:56:35pm
HI folks,
You may have not have missed my absence.. but I'm back and suffering severe withdrawal symptoms from lack of ability to comumicate. Major PC problems due to mischievious internet participants., now got a new hard drive, hope everthing is OK now.
Best Wishes to ALL
Frank

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Subject: Japanese POW's


Author:
Cliff Phillips
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Date Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 05:17:58pm
Two questions:
1)Does anyone have any information on POW movements from Singapore to Japan and Formosa (Taiwan). I am especially interested in finding out if there are any records of British POW's being moved from Japan to Taiwan. So far I have not found any.
2)I have spent several hours recently researching my fathers time as a POW and have been surprised at how little I could find on British MN POW's in the Far East especially Taiwan. Any information would be appreciated.

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Subject: UK replaces R


Author:
Vernon R697530 (Anyone!)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 10:00:25am
Hi to ALL,
Just wondering if anyone can put a finger on this!
When exactly was the prefix of R replaced with UK in Merchant Navy Discharge Books,and also would anyone know (this would be hard) who the person was that had the last R Number issued.
This will keep you busy for a while or will it??
I dont know so its not a quiz!
Cheers
Vernon

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Subject: Flags


Author:
George
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Date Posted: Thursday, February 14, 07:49:51am
Had a W/E in Bristol, and while there we visited I K Brunels SS Great Britan,what a great job they are doing in preserving her. But can enyone tell me why she is flying the White ensighn of the RN and not the Red ensighn of the Merchant Navy George in Southampton

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Subject: valentines


Author:
mike (to all the ladies)
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 13, 12:27:23pm
to all the ladies on this site and others around the world i have met and loved,i would like to wish you all a happy valentines day.
i hope you all get what you want!!!!!!.
god bless the ladies
xxxxxx
mike xxx

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Subject: Drunken Sailors


Author:
Syd Young (Oh NO!!)
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Date Posted: Monday, February 11, 11:22:38am
I was thinking yesterday about the time the cook on the TENADORES banana boat that i sailed on came back on board after a night ashore pissed, with a dog(4 legged type)and it was not until we had sailed from port that he discoveverd it sleeping with him on his bunk.I am sure there are many stories out there of the morning after regrets.

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Subject: FISH@SHIPS


Author:
terry {scouse} (how sad)
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Date Posted: Thursday, February 14, 12:25:29am
how sad to hear of the state of britains fishing fleet.i heared a report on this evenings news that there is one fishing vessel left operating out of great yarmouth 25 yrs ago there was about a thousand.these guys worked the same seas as us and in a lot of ways put up with hellish conditions.not just great yarmouth grimsby/lowerstoft/in fact all the fishing ports.more unemployment another tradition dissapearing.these fishing boats where handed down to sons and grandsons for years.what has this country done to itself i sometimes begger belief regards all terry{scouse}.

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