Furthe to my earlier posting about the ships I sailed in during my time as Merchant Navy Radio officer, here are two more. After I left Laganbank, I had approx 5 weeks leave and then joined m.v. Al Jabiriah in Bidston dock, Birkenhead. She was a 10,355 tons Gross general Cargo ship Owned by the Kuwait Shipping Company and registered in Kuwait. She had been built in Russia in Mid 1969, I joined her 22nd May 1970.
I did two trips, with about two weeks leave in the middle. Travelling from UK to the Gulf, then on to the Far east, Hong Kong, Red China and Japan. Total time on board was 424 days and distance travelled approx 79,500 miles.
After that they actually gave me three months leave, and in November 1971 I joined m.v. Rowanmore. She had been built for the Manchester Ship canal, in as much as she had telescopic masts and a folding funnel. Rowanmore was owned by P.S.N.C. / Furness Withy / Royal Mail weighted in at 8274 gross tons and was built in 1955. She was a funny old girl, being diesel engined, but with all the auxilliary equipment such as generators, and Deck machinery powered by Steam. I eventually paid off Rowanmore in September 1972 after doing three trips across the Atlantic, to the Caribbean and the North coast of South America. Covered around 40,000 miles in Her. She was a wonderfully happy ship, and I have many tales I could tell. Maybe some other time
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