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"RAF 102 & MGB # 52"
WW2 RAF rescue boat & MGB saved.
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"Oasis of the Seas"
Inside the worlds largest passenger liner - 2009
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Daily Telegraph [UK] pictures




"Oasis of the Seas"
World's largest passenger liner leaves ship yard - Finland - 2009
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"Estelle Maersk" - world's largest container vessel
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"Queen Elizabeth II"
departing Southampton [UK] for the very last time
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Daring Class 45
Destroyer visiting Portsmouth [UK]
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Daily life onboard "HMS Illustrous" RO6
Life onboard "Lusty"
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Liner "Queen Elizabeth II"
In rough weather
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Southampton's new "Ocean Terminal"
2009
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"Devonport Naval Base"
The demise of a famous naval base
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Liner "Queen Elizabeth II"
Last voyage - mid Atlantic 12th October 2008
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Liner "Queen Elizabeth II"
Arrives in Liverpool UK after her final voyage
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Liner "Queen Mary"
Launched on the Clyde and her maiden voyage
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3 Queens [ships]"
Southampton [UK] when "QE2"; "QM2" & "Queen Victoria" were in port - great sirens too!
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Fresh to frightening
North Atlantic Storm off Iceland
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P&O "Canberra"
Arriving Southampton at end of Falklands war
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"HMS Vanguard"
The last British battleship which never fired a shot in anger.
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"The Dubliners"
"The Irish Rover" - traditional sea shanty!
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"The Dubliners"
"Black Velvet Band" - traditional Irish folk song!. Great craic
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"Ewan MacColl"
"Shoal of Herring" - sadly the herring a virtually extinct apart from very small catches landed at Mallaig in Scotland!.
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"The Dubliners"
"Leaving of Liverpool" - traditional sea shanty!.
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"The Dubliners"
"Whiskey in the Jar" - traditional!
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"Mary Black"
"Song for Ireland" - traditional!
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Picture Gallery of Merchant Navy Career

Part One - British Merchant Navy: 1955 - 1968
Lady Gwendolan
Lady Gwendolan
Guiness tanker River Liffey, Dublin circa 1950 - photo. by unknown
Irish Hazel
"Irish Hazel"
photo by R Scott circa 1958
On Board
Irish Hazel 1957
Steam Loco "Normandy"
and USS Guam 1962
Charles H Merz
Charles H Merz
CEGB Collier 1957 - photo. by unknown
Wavebank
Wavebank GBME
Bank Line 1959 freighter - photo by unknown
Sobo
Sobo
Elder Dempster passenger/cargo liner "Sobo" Liverpool [UK]. photo. taken from EDL postcard by VK4CY
Aureol
Aureol GMGJ
Elder Dempster Lines flagship 1961 - liner - painting by unknown artist
Kent
"Kent"
Tanker at Suez Roads - under Federal SN colours managed by Trident Tankers 1966 - photo. taken [1963] by Tony Millatt
Strathconon
"Strathconon"
P & O fast cargo liner - photo by VK4CY circa 1967
Arcadia
"Arcadia"
P & O Liner - assisted with dockstaff in Southampton circa 1967 - painting by unknown artist
Oriana
"Oriana" GVSN
P & O Liner - assisted with dockstaff in Southampton circa 1967 - painting by unknown artist
Chusan
"Chusan"
P & O Liner - assisted with dockstaff in Southampton circa 1967 - painting by unknown artist
Grafton
"Grafton"
P & O obo bulk carrier - photo of sister vessel "Heythrop" by unknown circa 1966
Ardtaraig
"Ardtaraig" GYLB
Trident Tanker "Ardtaraig" - official handover ceremony with sakai casket. Built IHI Japan along with sisters "Ardvar"; Ardshiel"; "Ardlui" - photo. by unknown IHI rep.

LINK to Part Two - Australian Merchant Navy: 1979 - 1994

LINK to Part Three - AMSA Radio Surveyor: 1994 - 2001

LINK to Part Four - Radio Amateurs - past & present: 1955 - present date

LINK to Part Five - Awards, Certificates, Documents: 1955 - present date

LINK to Part Six - Complete 00 Gauge model locomotive collection

 


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