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First trip-what ship?

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  • 27-02-2012 2:43pm
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    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Coaster-- Daunt Rock

    Deep sea--Irish Rowan

    Back in the stone age from what I see on another thread here;)


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    who the fug
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    First and only vessel was a delivery job

    MV Peggy a Suppy boat from Gibraltar to Rastanora


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    ex_infantry man
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    naval vessel L.E. Aisling for a patrol off the coast as a member of naval service reserve


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    skipz
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    The late MFV Treshell, prawn trawler and later razor boat.


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    Mickey Dazzler
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    M.V. OOCL Belgium


    http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=477616000


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    Alkers
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    ex_infantry man wrote: »
    naval vessel L.E. Aisling for a patrol off the coast as a member of naval service reserve

    Likewise but on the Eithne


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    ex_infantry man
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    Simona1986 wrote: »
    Likewise but on the Eithne
    was on eithne twice


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    alphasully
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    S.S. British Trader, a LNG Carrier, as Cadet.


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    Tabnabs
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    M/T Regal Unity.

    Some of the stats:
    DWT: 309,892
    LOA: 329.77
    Crude capacity - 2,168,364 bbls
    Engine - 31,190 BHP

    Big photo of her here
    http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/046/1/4/VLCC___REGAL_UNITY___by_sspalato.jpg


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    skipz
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    Wow Tabnabs, thats a big tanker for a first ship!


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    Tabnabs
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    five months, didn't get ashore once :( The poor Filipinos did 12-15 month contracts :eek: She was just too big to get in anywhere.

    Paid off by Sikorsky S 61 helicopter into Cape Town at 3am, certainly the most memorable way to pay off a ship. We had the channels for about the last quarter of the entire trip...


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    CJhaughey
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    MFV Seafire
    Substantially different to when she was a Sidewinder working on this side of the world.
    Brutal introduction to commercial fishing, 40+ hrs on deck!


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    ex_infantry man
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    Tabnabs wrote: »

    Big photo of her here
    http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/046/1/4/VLCC___REGAL_UNITY___by_sspalato.jpg
    would ya look at the bridge wings on that!!!


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    the scrote
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    first trip coastal M.V Dunany
    deep sea rfa bayleaf


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    Tabnabs
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    ex_infantry man wrote: »
    would ya look at the bridge wings on that!!!

    Doing azimuths on the bridge wing repeaters, it took 30 seconds to get back to the GPS to log the time! :eek:


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    fluffysierra
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    Coaster: R.V. Celtic Explorer

    Deep Sea: M.V. British Curlew


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    Brendain
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    My Dads first trip!
    http://www.rakaia.co.uk/downloads/tales-from-obuasi.pdf


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    Sindri
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    A ferry from Belfast to Scotland at the age of 3 or 4.


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    LiamoSail
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    Sindri wrote: »
    A ferry from Belfast to Scotland at the age of 3 or 4.

    ****ing Irish Ferries and their child labour. Typical


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    getz
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    mv clanggula [british and continental] liverpool-ireland-guernsey a small coastal vessel in 1957,next was the mv salacia [donaldson ] falmouth -montreal[summer] st johns ,halifax ,[winter] she was a old liberty ship left from the war years,and still had a granade thrower [pipe with a spring in it] aft,good fun at night fireing spuds at the bridge,


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    who the fug
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    LiamoSail wrote: »
    ****ing Irish Ferries and their child labour. Typical


    least it was Irish child labour in them days


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    Bligh
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    MFV Twlight Star fishing for yans :)

    Last ship Putford Artemis in the North Sea

    Cool to find a Maritime Thread on boards :)


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    long range shooter
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    PSV North Truck North sea.
    Cruiseliner Seaborn Spirit world wide.


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    Tabnabs
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    Bligh wrote: »
    MFV Twlight Star fishing for yans :)

    Last ship Putford Artemis in the North Sea

    Cool to find a Maritime Thread on boards :)

    Is there a fella called Brewster still working for that outfit?


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    getz
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    the last ships i sailed were anything but happy,i was chief steward on the manchester spinner,i had just got engaged and was out for two months up the great lakes [canada] most of the crew were far younger or older than me[i was 26 ] so i had very little in common ,as i was looking forward for 10 days of debauchery as we entered the locks on the ship canal,the manchester miller was waiting to go out,the chief steward had taken sick and in those days a british ship had to have a someone on who had a BOT cooks cert,the cook hadent got one so it had been decided that muggins would have to transfer to her,as i was a companies man i did not have much choice, [all manchester liners carried up to 12 passengers cabin class] the paper work was ready,so off i went again,no one bothered to let my loved ones know what had happened untill i sent them a cable a day later[this was in the late 60s],when back home i gave all up,never did marry that girl


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    stevie06
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    First Ship was British Curlew.

    First run ashore was Brisbane!

    happy days!


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    Bligh
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    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Is there a fella called Brewster still working for that outfit?

    I have no idea, I left the ship and the company in December 1999, a mate of mine worked as a watch officer with them last year, I will ask him when he is home next trip.


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    quietsailor
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    First ship was the OOCL Bravery **

    First run ashore was Montreal

    Supposedly it was a bastardised design - the keel was laid as an steam driven oil tanker and it was converted to a engine driven box-boat. I left friggin' chunks of me behind on that thing and had to get off after 20 days, my first proper trip was on the OOCL Canada


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    ruserious
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    LÉ Emer as a young sluggie.


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    hytrogen
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    STV Jeanie Johnston back in 2007 before she got laid up in Dublin. Absolutely mad craic aboard the whole time. Went Dublin - Isle of man a few times, Dun Laoghaire for a crazy 50th then onto Bristol for the maritime festival for the week, epic banter there. was tied up alongside the STV Matthew & STV Cascelotte (if memory serves me right) every night on the tear with the lads & they'd bring over their home brewed ale which was far better than the sewage water ya normally get for ale over there. P/O in Cork eventually..


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    opawaman
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    The Seafire or Boston seafire as originally known ended up owned by Sealords of Nelson NZ.


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