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Great montage of your memories, many thanks. I served with different companies but visited the same ports. I ended up living about a mile from Luna Park N Sydney in the '70's

Nice pics.brought back memories I m also sea farer sins1992 I'm sailor Im work worere company most of Greek.vessel

Salty sea dogs ;

sea dog noun literary or humorous uk /ˈsiː ˌdɒɡ/ us /ˈsiː ˌdɑːɡ/ = an old sailor with many years of experience at sea: ex) With his white beard and blue cap he looked like an old sea dog.

Forcados was my first ship as a Deck Boy.Opened up a whole new world for me.Great video thanks.Wish you well.

Which was your favourite Bluey Mike? Mine was the Menestheus

Thanks for that Mike. Was there '72-'87

Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks for this. I was on deck with the Ben Line in the 60's and got to know a few of the Blue Funnel lads. Great days - happy memories.😁

Back again, Great times never to be repeated.

Thank you for a great video that has brought back some fabulous memories. I was an engineer with SS&SA from cadet to 2/E (1971-1982) and then Ch/Eng with Maesrk, Sealink Ferries/Commodore Shipping (1986-1990) and we had a great time on the fridge boats to NZ and Australia plus the Royal Mail runs to South America. All our ships were built mid 50s/early 60s so still had wooden deck coverings and tween decks, specie lockers etc. with union purchase derricks. We were so lucky to sail on well found ships, with decent officers and crews and visited so many great ports around the world.

My dad worked in the engine room on igori.....I remember him carrying me around the engine room no health and safety,I'd be 5 years old . Seeing this brought the smell and rythmic noise back to me like it was yesterday....my dad was Graham Moore.

Where you on the Indianapolis when she had her fire?

I went to sea in 1963 as a cadet. Ex Trinity HouseNavigation School, hull. (A company called Alan Black and Co. ex Sunderland, They went defunct during my second year of apprenticiship and I completed it with Trinder, Anderson of London). It brings back some very good and some very sad memories, but all told a Wonderfull way to earn a living. I ended up in Canada with Saguenay Shipping. then a couple of years as a Trinity House Pilot. Then to the oil offshore world. I finished seafaring at age 68 by then I was shifting oil rigs around the world as Tow Master. Many thanks for the memories. Stewart Baker

Great memories! I was with Andrew Weir (Bank Line ) from 1952 to 1963 - Apprentice to Chief Officer, passed Masters, then went into aviation. Rubbed shoulders with many ‘Blue Flue-s’ in Calcutta and other places.

For me these were real ships, I served my time as a ships Rigger. Used to see these cargo boats in the Tyne for repair.

“Those were the days my friends”. Only the advance of years reveals, in the light of the retro scope, just how good! Will we view today in the same light? Martyn 1961 ex Union Steamship Company (NZ) apprenticed Cadet.

So many thanks for those memories: I was an 18 year-old Sparks on my first trip in 1970..... CYCLOPS....5 months....global voyage.... Then 5 years down West Africa: OWERRI, BHAMO, DARU....BELLEROPHON (with a Yellow Funnel! )(And no AIr-Con!) Many Coastals too: Elpenor, Fian,..... Then had a couple of years out before returning as "Freelance R/O" for United Marine Electronics on a wide variety of ships and routes. Did a few years for Island Navigation of Hong Kong...C.Y.Tung Group.) .on their large bulk carriers.(Frank Devitt, Ch.Eng on a couple, ex-Centaur....also Phillip Drake-Brockman....) But some of the memories indicated here....Wow! I need a Tardis.... I wanna go back! Again...Thanks and Cheers.

Thank you, great ships, would be nice to see them being operated again. # HeroesAtSea.

Utterly brilliant

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I've just spotted my late father in the picture of the Fire Course in 1995. I remember him telling me about it, he was Captain Tony Matthews.

Emotional to watch. My father was Capt David Emery of Blue Funnel.

Was deck boy first trip 1958 Mv Menestheus to japan what an eye opener..can still remember being fascinated with it all, only hindered by being berated as a first tripper.....but that only happened the first trip....nothings matched that mind change since...

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Did you know marine engineer John Metcalfe. He was on the Centaur in the early-mid 70’s.

Great stuff - as mentioned in the comments on your other video my old Dad was Blu Flu for many years. Its fantastic to see some of the views that he would have seen. Sadly his last trip was to Kobe in the mid 70's and he lost the sight in one eye after an accident welding on deck.

Great stuff. The Old Man was an AB on Patroclus in the 1950's and LS on Jason 1971- 72. He also sailed on Hector which was Ironic as he was RN in WW2 and was sunk by the Japs on HMS Hector (the 11th HMS Hector) which was an Armed Merchant Cruiser requisitioned from Alfred Holt. AKA The Welsh Navy.

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I sailed to the far east on the MV Glenorchy in 1969 , her second last trip sadly before the 'breakers'. My only deep sea voyage I am sorry to say but the thing still got in my blood. Learnt so much about ships and also about people . Fond memories and I would it again, maybe better next time . .

Thank you very much Michael for this evocative glimpse into the past days of non-container ships. I was a snotty in Port Line in the early 70's, when it was Blue Star Port Lines, and I wish I had taken more photos at the time. My excuse is that I was too busy soojying the bulkheads or red leading the bilges. I spent 3 years fishing out of Hull, mainly in J Marr & Sons sidewinders, my excuse then was I was too wet, or too knackered, (18 hours on, 6 off) to think of photos, and also I spent some time in home trade ships as an uncertificated 2nd mate, before it all vanished and I joined the Royal Marines to get some more adventure. Then I sailed in the Grey Funnel line, but that was not as much fun as those early ships. Loved the Merch. Miss it very much. Great shipmates.

Lovely photos. Takes me bacy to my time at sea. In the sixties I started stevedoring in Buenos Aires. see:- ua-cam.com/video/wQuCcBva6uM/v-deo.html

My husband was on duty on cardigan shairetoo in the late sixties.

My husband was on duty on elphino attached to oceon fleet.he was sent for training by Sri Lanka n government.at the time lwas a student nurse at at Paul's eye hospital.old hall Street Liverpool . that s where I met him. I used to write to him at various ports. Remember one ship to be elpeno. He started as a first engineer.he did some studin at southsheild lthink.lt was o love ly time for both of us he got all h iss exams. Back to Sri Lanka or Ceylon was working as a chief engineer at ship s own by the state . Later he worked as deputy technical manager at shipping corporation .lost him in nineteen eight y nine.age for tyseven.wonder any one of you remember him.

Much appreciated memories from one of the India Buildings and BBS staff

Back to my memories of sailing days Indian sailor

Absolutely brilliant film, in fact, it has made me decide to have a beer or two!!

Brilliant put together ....great stuff

Wonderful Company. My last ship was the Melampus, 1963/64. My first was Elepenor, 1962. Great Company and Liverpool a wonderful City. Great memories. Nothing like seeing a Blue Flu ready for deep sea with her derricks horizontal and ship full loaded ready for the off. Did 3 deep seas to Far East. Great crews. Love the term “ship shape”. Alfred Holt & Co had high standards, Shame it’s all just memories now.

Sir, thank you so much for posting. What wonderful photos. You would have worked hard in your years at sea, but I bet you had a bloody good time as well! Cheers.

Great memories of being on board some of those ships as a kid. You may know my father Capt John Fielden who was also with Blue Funnel / Elder Demster and sailed on the Menelaus, Memnon, Myrmido etc.

You must feel so lucky to have sailed on ships during the most beautiful era of ship design.

Mike it was an absolute pleasure sailing with you on the Autosun; fond memories on the portbury run with Yourself, Gareth and Johnny FP. Remember the time when Gareth accidentally shut down the wrong engine on the way into shearness when you called down for two after a slow overnight run on one prop, brilliant stuff LOL. I loved working with UECC on the S-Class, great times. These days I am captain of my own strange beast, a ship with legs. We earn our crust working in wind farms and maintaining oil and Gas platforms. I hope you are enjoying retirement. All the very best, Captain.

I’m no mariner but this is fascinating! Thanks!

Excellent video, enjoyed every minute, some great destinations on great ships.

Thanks for the post. I have started looking up the ships I sailed on, all gone to scrap now. I was ships cook, & like a captain, the ship couldn't sail without a "cooks ticket"!. They were indeed happy days with loyal shipmate's . It took a time to adjusting to being a land lumber!

Most interesting and enjoyable. They were a "top draw" company during my time at sea, (1967/79) and I sailed twice in Sugar Line with a Chief Mate, Arther Longbottom ex BF from Liverpool whose heart was definitely with Blue Funnel Thanks for the memories

Excellent

Container ships destroyed the golden shipping age,where are all those beautiful vessels.I want to go back in time.seamen life at it's hay days now replaced with cheap philipino army of seamen.