09-03-2010 16:50 Chis Strawbridge wrote:

I rember you Gary Holland (Dutchy) You were a great lad Dutchy we had some partys and good laughs where are you Mate drop me a line Chris.

09-03-2010 16:42 Chis Strawbridge wrote:

i Remember you mad jack,Dave Massy, John Tallon,Roy Halsall.Beni Reynolds I have sent you a message berni hope to hear from you all
Very Best Regards Chris Strawbridge

09-03-2010 16:35 Chis Strawbridge wrote:

Hi all you Shell lads and ladys i sailed with 23 years with Shell Tankers. I am still at sea and a few years to go yet drop me a line anyone that rmembers me Have a good Day ye all. Chris.

05-03-2010 19:48 Fritz Watson wrote:

I sailed on both the SS. Alinda and SS.Hemicardium. 1971ish

Kind regards to anybody who might have known me.

04-03-2010 10:48 Jan Van Den Dungen wrote:

So I will FF proposals, I am 68 years old and place of residence still FF in asten North Brabant. I have to Shell tankers dangers from 1960 to 1967, and am stopped related my marriage. I had never had to do it!!! I was there able I have on various tankers dangers, but which continues to me most is the Kara, why is the first is that we will have a year have made this journey van11-06-1965 to 06-06-1966, and also to do the Kara has created a revolutionin the Dutch navy we were the basis for the integration of deck and machine Chamber service, which was reduction of the total crew I thought of 43 to 33 man including officers, and so we were the test rabbit. But a trip to never again be forgotten. As we know that you again. Jan groetjes

04-03-2010 10:26 Jan Van Den Dungen wrote:

Zo ik zal mij ff voorstellen, ik ben 68 jaar oud en woon nog ff in Asten Noord Brabant.
Ik heb bij Shell Tankers gevaren van 1960 tot 1967 , en ben gestopt i.v.m mijn huwelijk.
Had ik nooit moeten doen !!!
Ik was daar volmatroos ik heb op diverse tankers gevaren , maar die mij het meeste bij blijft is de Kara, waarom wel ten eerste dat wij daar een jaar reis mee hebben gemaakt van11-06-1965
tot en met 06-06-1966 , en ook om dat de kara heeft gezorgd voor een om wenteling in de Nederlandse Koopvaardij wij waren namelijk de basis voor de integratie van dek en machine
kamer dienst , wat in hield vermindering van de totale bemanning ik dacht van 43 naar 33 man inclusief de officieren , en wij waren dus het proef konijn.
Maar een reis om nooit meer te vergeten.
Zo dat weten jullie weer.
Groetjes Jan

03-03-2010 14:54 Colin Grayson wrote:

I joined the Aluco as Radio Officer in May 1964 at Thameshaven after spending a couple of days learning about some new Autospec equipment that was going to make a big difference to the ships performance monitoring. This was OK because it meant that I got a high power transmitter that the skipper could use to telephone his wife from all over the place.
Loved the ship and was there until March 18 1965.
Wish I could find a few more of the people I sailed with.
I'm glad to see that a site exists that lets people like me say a bit about their experiences. Well done.

02-03-2010 15:55 Frank Aalpol wrote:

70 and 71 atys vessel

28-02-2010 17:00 Rob Tadema wrote:

ive sailed on the dutch tanker ss Kara during the war in
vietnam in 1967 at that time we where in Danang the same time that the tanker Amastra was sunk bye a explosion
ive have some pictures of that scene if you are interesthet
in those pictures let me no and ill be glad to give them to you

21-02-2010 21:53 Ray Williams wrote:

I was with Shell as a Deck Apprentice between 1964 and 1968 and would love to hear from any fellow apprentii, especially Dave Cooper. Maybe share a couple of pints some time?

21-02-2010 11:13 Camien wrote:

In 1973/1974 I made a trip on board of the Philidora. I was married with Jan Doolaar, wachtassistent. Some people of the crew I rember still and I asked by my self: how are they now, where are they? I'm searching to Cees v.d. Wildt, scheepskok and Johan Lubberts from Enschede. He was a mate of my exhusband. Who can tell me something about them? Are they still alive, on what ships have they sailed.
Please, let me know. I.m very interested how their live is gone.

19-02-2010 20:14 Camien wrote:

In february 1980 i was on board of the Kylix in Shell Pernis.
There was also the first female student master, her name was Marieke. There was a lot of publicity, thinking at papers at Tussen wal en schip. Is there anybody who can tell me how long she was on board of shell tankers and what she is doing for work at this moment.

17-02-2010 05:51 Christopher Grindle wrote:

I am looking for an ex shipmate Don Wyllie, he was 4/E when we were on the Mactra whilst it was being repaired in durban in 1970 , if anyone knows of his where abouts or how I can contact him please could you let me know on this website. Thanks, Chris Grindle

16-02-2010 15:15 Mias Krul wrote:

Hallo Niek,
Allaa
Als het goed is hebben wij samen gevaren op de Arca.
Jij 4e, ik 3e stm.
1e stm was geloof ik Allaart.
Herrinner je je de tocht naar de Baltic nog met de filmploeg aan boord.

Groet

Mias Krul

15-02-2010 21:20 Derek J. McReynolds wrote:

i am looking for gary black (known as YANK) and also william lee ( billy and chrissy) whom i sailed with ,, it would be good to get in touch , maybe meet up one day , hope to hear from both of you take care derek

11-02-2010 11:26 J.a.w. Frijling wrote:

In the 50th I sailed on a number of Shelltankers as R/O.
For my personal Picture book I am looking for photo's of tankers loading at Miri Borneo and photo's of Balikpapan and Balikpapan "Strand Paviljoen".
Can anybody help me.
Thanks in advance.
Kind Regards,

Jos Frijling

11-02-2010 11:22 J.a.w. Frijling wrote:

Hello there,
In the '50th I sailed on a number of Shelltankers as R/O.
For my personal picture book I am looking for photo's of tankers loading at Miri and photo's of Balikpapan and Balikpapan "Strand Paviljoen"
Can anybody help me.
Thanks in advance
Kind Regards,

Jos Frijling

07-02-2010 18:25 James Henry Clarke wrote:

I sailed as a Junior Radio Officer on the Methane Progress between Canvey Island and Arzew in 1969 with ETO John Almond. I left early in an abortive bid to move ashore as I wanted to marry my then fiance Sue - who is now my wife of 39 years. After a few shore interviews I returned to sea working "freelance" foreign flag as I reasoned that if I was to stay at sea I may as well earn a proper salary and not the pocket money Marconi paid.

Anyone who remembers me is welcome to make contact. We now live on the lovely Isle of Anglesey with the sea just 100m from our seaside home. James & Sue Clarke

26-01-2010 04:11 Stan Greening wrote:

I sailed on the Hemimactra from the 8th. Sept 1964 till 8th. Dec 1964 as an EDH. We sailed from Cardiff to Tripoli, Tobruk, Larnaca, Pireaus, Suez, Mena Al Ahmadhi, Lavera, Rotterdam, then paid-off in Tilbury. The master was Philip S Sharer. I also obtained a copy of the log-book from the Maritime archives in St Johns Newfoundland. Anyone who sailed during that trip please contact me. Stan Greening

24-01-2010 13:02 Tmmy Golling wrote:

alright john lad been searching for you for ages get in touch mate still living in the costa del halewood were the sun never shines. ps come on you blue boys.

24-01-2010 12:55 Tmmy Golling wrote:

to all the lads who knew me with shell sailed with shell from 1974-1989 get in touch anytime

18-01-2010 22:25 Leo Ng wrote:

Hi
I was sailed on the SS"philidora" between april 1967 and september 1968. than SS "Kylix" between november1968 to may 1970.
If you were on that ship at that time, please sent me a Email to leo ng leo55106@yahoo.com

17-01-2010 10:07 Murray Nelson wrote:

I'm trying to contact John Caughey but the system won't accept my message. Please send me another message John and I'll try to answer. Murray

14-01-2010 10:16 Derek J. McReynolds wrote:

hi agaian, left message before for anyone who sailed with me ,, had a lot of good friends ,, would love to get in touch with a few of the lads ,, if your one of them please get intouch,may twenty ten smile on you all , best wishes derek (i am listed on few ships ,,, see if they match your dates )

09-01-2010 17:13 David Gareth Whiteley wrote:

Has anybody had any contact with Vicky Scurfield - asking for info regarding her father? I have a photo of him on TES Tomogerus taken in 1949 but no email address to send it to her? Any help gratefully received. Thanks. Regards Lyn (David's daughter)

09-01-2010 11:22 Brian Perry wrote:

At this moment I am knee deep in Snow, the temp is down to -5c...........it has been -12c...the Palm trees are covered in snow ( Spain)....Guess the Gulf wasn't so bad after all.

08-01-2010 18:58 John Bishop wrote:

i am trying to hear from my colleagues that work with me on the l ships and the siratus and siliqua. i was a fitter while employed with shell tankers.

07-01-2010 20:41 James B. Simms wrote:

sir
I paid a visit to the Hemiplecta in dec 1959, meet some of the crew in a bar on an island in the malaca strates,whent back with them and they showed us around the ship ,there were five of us all in the cheshire regt we were in a smallboat,
we were on our way to singapore,will this go onto the visiter
book,

04-01-2010 11:10 Ken Heiser wrote:

3rd and 2nd Mate from 12.2.1964 to 1971
Haustellum, Patella, Hinea, Asprella, Humilaria,Zaphon, Methane Prince and methane Princess.
After a short time as Chief Officer I was Master from 1972 to retirement in 2008 Offshore Oil Industry

01-01-2010 21:41 Ken Mc Farland wrote:

hi gordon, i think i sailed with you on the "heldia" as a 5th engineer. were you ever a gas fire or something salesman cos if its you i remember you saying that when you went to the doors you used to say "iv,e come to convert you"!

31-12-2009 21:57 Harry Foster wrote:

Like you I too sailed on SS Hemicardium into Vietnan. It would have been sometime early 1967. I remember being told that a week or too before we sailed up the river in convoy to Saigon another 'H' boat had been shelled and two persons on the bridge had been killed. I forget the name of the ship. It could have been the Hemidonax. It was scary with the whistling shells flying overhead but the double pay was very useful. I was a 21 year old 5th Engineer at the time. The only name I can remember was Archie Crabbe, the 3rd Engineer. Can anyone remember Archie?

Harry Foster

29-12-2009 12:10 Simon Campkin wrote:

Chris

Many thanks for the information about dad, its gold dust to me.

I hope he was a good guvnor.

Regrds

Simon

28-12-2009 07:24 Christopher Grindle wrote:

re John Campkin
Simon sorry I forgot to mention that your father was captain on both the Verena and the Hyala
Regards
Chris Grindle

28-12-2009 07:15 Christopher Grindle wrote:

To Simon Campkin re John Campkin
Hello Simon I was a first trip junior engineer when I first sailed with your father on the Verena I was only on the ship for three weeks 23/3/1968 till 12/4/1968 as I was transferred to the Venassa in Lake Maracaibo , Venezuella, we had sailed from Nynashamn in Sweden , I was then fortunate to sail with your father again that same year as I joined the Hyala in Ellsemere Port near liverpool on 29/10/1968 your father was on the ship untill 28/1/1969 when he paid off , that was the last time that I sailed with him, . The couple of months that we were on the Hyala was spent going from the east coast of america to the uk mostly ellesmere port and ardrossan in scotland. I hope that these small pieces of info are of use to you, as I write I am looking at your fathers signature in my discharge book and reliving the fond memories I have of my days with shell tankers

27-12-2009 16:30 Simon Campkin wrote:

Hello everyone

I am trying to piece together my late father JOHN CAMPKIN work history with Shell.

He was a lifelong Shell man who sadly passed away before his time in 1978 and i was only a youngster. I know he was 3rd officer on the EULIMA when it was torpedoed in 43 and he was one of 2/3 survivors who spent the rest of the war in Milag Nord.

I know he went on to become a captain, I have a few photos of the AMASTRA when it was sunk in 67 in Vietnam (I have a few other photos but little else), i wonder if he was captain?

I did try to contact Shell many years ago for a `CV` but they said alot of the records were lost in a fire!

He was friendly with another captain who lived near us ERIC GIACHARDI

My late mother SHEILA sailed with him on quite a few trips probably before we came along.

If anyone has any information or links I would be most grateful.

regards

Simon Campkin

27-12-2009 14:16 Brian Perry wrote:

Hi Lyndon, if you clic on my name you will see the names of the tankers that I sailed on. I worked for Shell from 1968 to about late 1972, I was rated as GI seaman, at the time when that system of GI rating was used.
I've been a 'Land Lubber' for quite some time now but I always remember my short time at sea with great affection.
I am now retired and live in Spain
Regards Brian Perry

26-12-2009 09:56 Henny Oost-heeringa wrote:

Hallo,
I am a daughter of Anne Heeringa, (my father died 26-07-1997).
My sister told me about this site. Very nice tot see on which ships my father sailed
Even after the birth of my brother (1971) when he started to work on the waterside, he always was a real "seaman" and het could never forget the sea.
I will visit this site more often!
Yours sincerely,
Henny Oost

26-12-2009 02:36 Lyndon R Davies wrote:

Hi Brian. Thanks for replying to my story, shame " about the one that got away. " Are you still with Shell. ? If not are you still at sea.? I miss deep sea like hell, even after all these years. When I finished with Trinity House I was a Ch/Cook, what were you on board, if you dont mind me asking. ? Thanks again for replying I hope this starts an influx of replies to my original request. Yours Gratefully. L.R.Davies

23-12-2009 13:49 Brian Perry wrote:

Another shark story....One of the engineers who had a rather distastfull habit of using the swimming pool to wash off the dirt and sweat accumalated on his watch had a shock one night. one of the crew caught a small sand shark and dropped it into the pool....the engineer came up for his usual ablution, the lights where switched on and somebody said' you are not the only one in the pool!!!....Megara ..probably about 1970

23-12-2009 13:07 Brian Perry wrote:

Hi there Lyndon, I know excactly what you mean about 'shark' photographs. In 69-70 we [the Murex] where off Durban having repairs to the boiler. The s/cook hooked a hammerhead shark.I remember it being about four-five feet long and much to heavy to pull aboard, we were light ship. Various ideas to land the fish didn't work, even the idea of slipping a bowline down the main line to snag the head. eventualy the cook tried to pull it up over the stern rail...the line went 'pop' and away went the shark..........nobody including myself thought to take a picture, a classic example of the 'one that got away story'

22-12-2009 23:37 Lyndon R Davies wrote:

Hi everyone. I joined Shell in March 1972, and left in Sept 1975, from Galley-Boy to 2/nd Cook/ Baker.I flew out to join the ss " Hadra " in New York in July 1973, on the way down to Curacao we broke down, and if I remember correctly we drifted for quite a while. During this period of inactivity we caught two sharks ( one got away ), the point Im trying to make is, there were quite a few photos taken of said "Nobby Clarke", and I was wondering is there anyone out there who has or knows of anyone who has any photos of said "Shark ". I was only 17 at the time, and it was one hell of an experience to see one of them up close up. I only did 2 1/2 months on her, we eventually came back to the U.K. and she went into dry-dock in Cardiff in September. Would really appreciate anyone getting in touch with me, unfortunately I dont remember anyones name who I sailed with on the ss"Hadra". All replies will be answered. I finished at sea in 2002 my last company was Trinity House where I stayed for 13 years. One last thing, these are the ships I sailed on with Shell, from 1st to last :-Hemitrochus, Partula, Hadra, Marinula, Melo, Drupa, and the Naticina. P.S. This is an excellent site, well done. Yours Hopefully Lyndon Davies. Swansea.

21-12-2009 15:53 Ian Shine wrote:

We are trying to find Gerard Nijman from Aalten. In the South Atlantic in May 1960, he developed an acute appendicitis, was trannsferred to St Helena where we operated. Contact would be lovely, or any information appreciated.
Many thanks,
Ian en Deborah Shine

19-12-2009 01:34 Ian Shine wrote:

On 8th May 1960. a young lad from Apeldoorn serving on the oil tanker "Cinulia" was transfered to St. Helena where we removed his appendix.
Gerard was on the island about three weeks and while he was recovering lived with us. He was very nice. We would very much like to send our good wishes, and wish him a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Ian and Deborah Shine

18-12-2009 11:44 Terry Colley wrote:

Dear All,
In 1957 I was at sea in the South Atlantic , the ship was preparing for Christmas.We all had a good Christmas at sea.
I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a great new year.
On the ship I had friends from near my home village.
When we compared our villages to each other's, home did not seem so far away.I hope you all have similar experiences and once again have a good Christmas!!!
Best regards,
Terry Colley.

15-12-2009 12:26 Brian Perry wrote:

Forty years ago I sailed on seas that where sometimes a 'bit rough' at this moment I am looking out on a foot of snow in 'SUNNY SPAIN' Ummm.
Best wishes and seasons greeting to all the men that I sailed with in the late sixties/seventies

07-12-2009 20:56 Tony Hall wrote:

Message for Ron Ley 7 Lawrence Boyle.
Contact me if you feel inclined.
We could catch up on 50 years of life!
Tony

03-12-2009 16:39 Nigel Budd wrote:

Hi Andy,

Didn't we join Opalia together in New Orleans, Jul 75!?

I,m sitll at see, currently a Captain in the RFA, living in Romsey!

02-12-2009 01:03 Gary Bradley wrote:

Sailed on the Lepeta in and out of the gulf in 84 then a trip on the northia in the north sea from brent spar/fulmar fsu to teesport/shellhaven in 85/6 then a last trip on the serenia same same in 86, least i think i got the 2 n/sea boats right way round, short of looking up my discharge book.

love to hear from anyone who sailed on the same boats, cant find any pics of the northia but have quite a few of the other 2.

29-11-2009 20:52 Alan Platt wrote:

I sailed with Brian Boyle, Geoff Bevan and Ed Pudiford as an apprentice 1969-1970 on the Heldia and Aulica,
I left Shell as 5/E when on the Halia in 1973 and went to Mobil Shipping until 2002 when I joined NMM until 2006 when I retired.

29-11-2009 13:03 Menno Van Den Belt wrote:

Mijn vrouw en ik zoeken Menno en Ybeltje die de reis naar Zuid Amerika meemaakten aan boord van de Acila

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