10/22/2008 - 12:28 |
Talking about days past I got round to my time as a Merchant Seaman and my service (22 weeks and 1 day!) with Shell U.K. aboard the Aluco. The days of the world wide web have opened up a whole new 'encyclopedia' and Aluco was duly entered into the search engine. Lo and behold up comes "Helder Line" and it's info on that very ship - FANTASTIC!!!!! Truly great memories of the summer of '76 and the Persian Gulf, Aden and Mauritius - HAPPY DAYS (and a tear just thinking about it). Anyone out there who remembers those days please feel free to drop me a line at:-
mike.tutts [at] btinternet [dot] com
I'll have a look to see if I still have any pictures from those days and post them.
Also nice to see the MV Batilus on here. People don't believe me when I tell them about this huge ship - a real beauty!
Many thanks for the memories Kees, much appreciated. |