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What did you do in the war grandad?

17th March 2022 Going Postal 3542 Comments

This is the brief story of my grandad and his part in the war. Here is a picture of George with who we think is his grandmother in the early 1900s. George Gilfoyle was born [more…]

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The Unsinkable Stoker

9th March 2022 Going Postal 3704 Comments

For many sailing and in particular cruising are enjoyable pastimes, leisurely time spent in remote places, the nature, tranquility, new things to see and do almost every day. For others it’s a different story. and [more…]

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SS Gairsoppa

6th May 2021 Going Postal 2094 Comments

The SS Gairsoppa was a British steam merchant ship launched in 1919 and built in Jarrow by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd at the request of the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Initially [more…]

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The Merchant Navy Boy

10th November 2019 Going Postal 2140 Comments

Some of you may recall that I have been trying to claim my deceased father’s WW2 medals as a Merchant Navy seaman. It has taken a year and with a great deal of help from [more…]

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Æthelberht’s RFA Christmas

27th December 2018 Æthelberht 4067 Comments

I know there’s plenty of former Pusser types on GP, and even a few who have sailed under the red duster. They’ll all be familiar with the Christmas routines for their respective outfits. I thought [more…]

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The Right Way To Put Out A Fire (Finally)

4th December 2018 Æthelberht 3760 Comments

In March 2013 I was appointed to RFA Fort Austin. Within NATO she is classified as an AFSH, that’s to say a combat stores ship with the necessary facilities on board to embark a helicopter. [more…]

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A Sacrifice of Three

2nd December 2018 Jwp 1879 Comments

Robert Ryan was my great uncle. This fading photograph is the only one we have of him. He gave his life for King and Country when he died on 7th November 1942. He was 20 [more…]

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Still Not The Right Way To Put Out A Fire

20th November 2018 Æthelberht 3008 Comments

You may remember some months back I related a story of my first fire exercise sailing under the Red Duster. I was somewhat unimpressed having come from a different seafaring outfit where these things were [more…]

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The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire

8th June 2018 Æthelberht 2091 Comments

When I left the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2015 I joined a shipping company operating out of Barrow-in-Furness. It was a very small outfit which specialised in carrying nuclear cargo between Europe, the US and [more…]

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