Jossman Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Sorry, I don't want to hijack this thread to Royal Navy, but I thought Janner would like pictures of his "Old Ships". Thanks for your forbearance. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l279/rba93/hmsunicornmpl805.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abigaler Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I was with British India S.N.Co. for a few years mainly ss. Kampala ,passenger run Bombay -Seychelles -Mombasa - Dar-es Salaam and back once a month , occasionally to Zanzibar and Durban . db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I wonder if you've ever had a look at this site Jenner http://www.mna.org.uk/index.htm 200,000 tons. I was on the worlds largest tanker in my day, it was 28,000 tons Baz52 if you served in the M.N. during the war when that tonnage tanker was sailing, then Sir, I salute you. I am not being funny, anybody who sailed in the MN during the war especially tankers were brave men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jossman Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Obviously you don't like Ex MAA's Janner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Obviously you don't like Ex MAA's Janner. Honestly Jossman, I have no axe to grind over MAA's.The picture of Tyne is part of my screensaver along with others. I served twice in Tyne , on the first occasion , it was on passage to the Far East, I was a Leading Stoker Mechanic, my friend Sanderson , another LSM, was operated on for acute appendicitis. I was talking to him at nine o-clockers, he was operated on during the night, we buried him in the Indian Ocean at 1600 the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jossman Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My apologies Janner and a sad story regarding the Tyne. We had similar on the Lincoln in the Fez '64. Our CERA jumped over the side and was never seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 The sister ship of my first VLCC. Mobil Pegasus had a very nasty accident. We rendezvoued with her off the west African coast. She had an explosion in her for'd tanks, four Indian crew members were killed. When we saw her, the for'd deck plating was folded back and was hanging over the side, like a large sardine tin. Pegasus had a double hull so she was still water tight. After an enquiry the cause was established. The ship was south bound , back to the gulf, after cleaning tanks they were taking clean sea water as ballast. The standard routine was to open the tank inlet valves fully, the sea entered the tank like a huge fountain causing static electricity which ignited the fumes remaining in the tank. After this incident instructions were issued to only partially open the inlet valves until there was sufficient sea water to cover the valve outlets. I think the ship must have been jinxed, because when she was in a Potugese dry dock being repaired part of the dock wall collapsed on her. Then after all that the Chief Engineer had a heart attack and died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janner Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Just a potted history of the Ranpura, she and her sister ships, Ranchi, Rajputana and Rawalpindi were built during the 1920's for P&O as passenger, mail ships for the London to Bombay route. The Rawalpindi as a AMC (Armed Merchant Cruiser) was sunk on 23rd Nov. 1939 when she gallantly engaged the German Battle-cruiser Scharnhorst to protect the convoy she was escorting. 265 of her crew were lost just 37 survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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