VINDICATRIX 6/10/52 - 28/11/52
BRITISH PIONEER 8/12/52 - 8/4/53
LAPWING 5/5/53 - 30/5/53
BOLBEC 26/6/53 - 21/7/53
BRITISH RESOURCE 12/8/53 - 4/1/54
ORCADES 11/2/54 - 26/4/54
BRITISH ENVOY 9/5/54 - 4/8/54
BRITISH DUKE 1/9/54 - 22/11/54
EDINBURGH CASTLE 24/1/55 - 11/3/55
EMPIRE ORWELL 20/3/55 - 22/12/55(THREE TRIPS)
LATIRUS 22/2/56 - 5/3/56
EMPIRE ORWELL 3/4/56 - 9/11/56(THREE TRIPS)
ALCANTARA 24/1/57 - 21/3/57
ORELIA 10/5/57 - 2/7/57
BRITISH HERO 27/9/57 - 8/11/57
AJANA 9/5/58 - 2/10/58

Many familiar names there Dai, I missied the first ship I was sent to and that was the Empire Hallidale :D

Welcome to the Home, we're getting a good diverse crowd here.

hi there dai,i see you left the vindi two weeks before i arrived there,my nois587658

me again dai,i see you was on the ajana one of thr hungry goose line ships,i got sent from the pool too work by when she was in liverpool but i didnt want to go out to aussie again so i bailed out.that was in the late fiftys.i had already been out to ozz on the ashburton in 55 that was one of trinders as well

Hi there Bob.
Ill call you Bob if thats all right?Sorry that I missed you at the Vindi.
Cant remember a thing,names,faces,happenings nothing except
how cold it was,but it wasnt to bad at night as I started seeing
the daughter of the Berkley Arms,so had somewhere to hide
from the cold evenings.I realy enjoyed my only trip on the
Ajana.Did you know that she was lost somewhere of the South
American coast.I have a couple of photo's of her if you would
like copies please let me know.

Dave Williams(R583900)

Hi Tony.
The first of your ships,the "Empire Hallidale",dont rembember that name,
was she a "trooper" like the Empire Orwell was.The "Orwell" did six trips
on her.Not a new ship(ex German),but one of the happiest ships I was
on,had great times on a great run calling in all the "Military"postings :-
Gib,Aden,Colombo,Singapore,Hong Kong,Pusan and Kure in Japan,and
and the same on the way back.Good old days.Nice to hear from you,
if you get the chance,please stay in touch.

Dave Williams(R583900)

Good question, Dave, about the Empire Hallidale. The ex-German ships taken up as troopers, as far
as I know, were named after rivers. So, is Hallidale a river? I sailed on Empire Ken, which was managed by
Royal Mail Lines out of Southampton, and yarns told off-watch often included names such as your Alcantara.
Unfortunately, my short MN "career" did not include visiting East Coast South America.

Yeah Dave she was trooping, I saw some of the troops in fact they rained pennies on me when I stood on the wharf after missing her, it has been a big regret in my life that I didn't stop to pick up the coins, I was too embarrassed and just slinked away to hide.