Chailey IMO 5067730

[Brian Cotton]

Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Brian,I remember Shellhaven (now a container port).You must have been on the Power station run in the Thames and to Great Yarmouth.?
I was on the Midhurst of Stevies - a small bitumen tanker .One trip we had was to Baatsfjiord and other small ports in Norway around the North Cape on the Russian border.

Cheers Rick

Hi Rick
We were up and down the East Coast, all delightful tanker terminals in Immingham, Killingholme (well named) all the terminals on the Tyne and the Wear, the Forth. I don't know what we carried I just remember awful places miles from anywhere and dreadful weather when we were at sea (winter of 1957). I took weather forecasts from everywhere I could especially when we came down the Thames Estuary sideways.
Then there was an industrial dispute in Ireland and we made our way via Hamble,and Portsmouth to the West Coast, swapping with the Irish Sea ship. That was a bit easier - Dublin, Belfast, Stanlow, Heysham. I left early in 1958. Sorry in some ways as it was a friendly ship.
All the Best
Brian