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Originally Cambridgeshire…now Caister on Sea

Served as D/C on Victory, Comorant, Hussar, Poplar and Liberty from 1972 to 1975. Left to join Buries Markes as 3/O. Then through ranks to C/O. Then foreign flag to Master. Left MN in 1985 to work mostly in Packaging till retirement at 58 in 2013.

British Merchant Navy site

Gloucester

Nav App /Nav Cadet /Deck Cadet from 1972 to 1976 on 8 ships.

Ships Navigating

Edinburgh

I was a Junior Engineering Officer with BP Tankers from 1970 to 1974. The ships I served on we\'re the S S British Energy, Guardsman, Inventor, Grenadier and the Inventor again. My first trip on the Energy took me to Durba S A and Kagoshima Japan. I had my 21st Birthday on the Guardsman June 1971. I took my new Wife with me on the Grenadier from May 1972 this include a month in Dry Dock at Pireaus Greece and an Engine Room fire at Gibralter.

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Kent

I was a navigating apprentice with BPTC 1962 to 1966. Stayed at sea through all ranks for 20 years mostly with United Baltic corporation plus a spell in Australia with BHP and a time on high speed ferries. Spent 20 years working in london for Salvage association and as a salvage consultant. Enjoyed my brief time with BP but decided there was more to life than the Persian Gulf and the smell of oil. vc

Glasgow

I was deck officer cadet 1977 to 1981 with BP.
Made redundant immediate after gaining 2mates ticket.
Never went back to serve as 2nd Officer.
Still in touch with small number of fellow cadets belonged to ONCBP2 at South Sheilds Marine and Tech.

Google - searching for E/C Steve Waites British Aviator 73/74

Skelmorlie Ayrshire

Found this site when searching for old shipmate: Engine Cadet, Steve Waites, British Aviator \'73/\'74 .. Steve was from Cotherstone and went to Glasgow Nautical College..
I was Deck Cadet & 3rd Mate .. 71 to 76 .. Leith Nautical College.
Left BP and joined Sanko Line where I stayed for a few decades.

No Ordinary Seaman

based on my memoir, No Ordinary Seaman, published March 2018

email link from Graham

White Rock, BC

I sailed for a short while in 1965 on the dry bulk cargo ship, M/T Havkatt, Meyer Line, Oslo, Norway,
and in 1966/67 on tanker, M/T Polycastle, Rasmussen Line, Kristiansand, Norway.

much more info can be found at my website, including where the book is available.

Cheers

Gary

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Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland

I was a 1962 intake BP Tanker Engineer Cadet based at Stow College, Glasgow. I went on the HNC route at Hendon College of Technology. During my cadetship I sailed on the Patrol and, with John Smith, were the first cadets on the British Admiral.