[BITList] dara

[FS]

CT
These are the names of the people on board when she caught fire I'm not 
sure but I seem to remember the C/E changed between my sailings

The Officers on board the 'Dara' were Captain Charles Elson, Chief 
Officer PE Jordan, Second Officer CW Alexander, Third Officer PCS 
Jackson, Ist Radio officer AD Sinclair, 2nd Radio Officer W McGrath, 
Chief Engineer GK Cruikshank, 2nd Engineer RK Birrel, 3rd Engineer J 
Edgar, 4th Engineer DM McLeod, Junior Engineers P Durham, NHM Ali, and D 
Bhattacharjee, Cadets IG Tew and JJ Grimwood.

Ramsey was second and as I was supernumerary he put me on watch with the 
fourth and moved I think one of the fivers up to take a watch this way 
he went on to day work, I think but couldn't be sure that the 4th I was 
on with was called Sandy
I know coming down the Gulf just as we were about to enter Kararchi I 
had to go up and change the settling tanks over, on going back down on 
the plates a little later we noticed that the revs were dropping off I 
realised that I must have collapsed the valve rushed back up and put the 
old tank back on but it was too late next thing of course the engine 
room is full of people rushing around bleeding every thing during this 
of course it was assumed that I was looking after the P&J temperatures 
which I was not being more concerned with keeping out of everyone's way 
so when we were ready to go the engine was to cold and another delay 
while it warmed up during which the old man phoned down to ask how much 
longer we were going to be as we were drifting over onto the rocks at 
the entrance. The chief answered the phone and the language was pretty 
colourful to put it mildly
Does any of this jog your memory?
frank

CT's wrote:
> frank
>  
> do you recall the names of any of the other engineers during your time 
> there on dara?
>  
> I believe the 2eo was ramsey burrill, 3eo may have been logie buchan 
> or a wee lad from glasgow john edgar.
> during the same time I was 4eo. I don't recall a frank!
>  
> colin t
>
> *From:* FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2010 9:04 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] dara-dumra
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> CT
> According to my discharge book looks like I did a couple of trips 
> 10/2/60 & 16/3/60 & again 12/5/60 ~ 8/6/60 with a trip on the Amra in 
> between all came about because I was sent out 6 months too early to 
> join the Karanja so with prohibition in full swing I volunteered to 
> sail as  a junior engineer (I had got myself graded thinking that I 
> had to) just to get out of Bombay and back to sea
>
> CT's wrote:
>> sorry, I now remember you telling me that some time ago.
>> wonder why she went to hong kong for survey - a long way from her 
>> home port!
>> did she have passengers on the way to hong kong?
>> george foster - was that "gentleman" george foster?
>> I sailed with him on the sirdhana and then saw him again on one of 
>> the N's in Kobe when I was a surveyor there.
>> he didn't even know me! this was no surprise to me because I never 
>> saw him in a boiler suit on the sirdhana nor did I ever see him in 
>> the ER!
>> consequently, he was unlikely to know any of the engineers except the 
>> 2eo..............................................!
>> I am hoping frank would tell me when he joined dara.
>>  
>> colin t
>>  
>> *From:* Robbo <mailto:macarob at optusnet.com.au>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2010 5:55 PM
>> *To:* bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com 
>> <mailto:bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] great run!
>>
>> Col
>>
>>  I am a bit of a fraud as I joined Dumra and never went west of Bombay.
>>
>> We went to HK for survey and that's when the cracks were found in the 
>> boilers
>>
>> So my 12 months or so on her were spent swinging round the buoy alongside
>>
>> Kai Tak. 4 of us stayed, Don Leslie Mate, Roger Alderman 3^rd Mate, 
>> George Foster C/E
>>
>> and me. So my stint on a Gulf D wasn't so hard. I went on leave 
>> before the new boilers arrived.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Robbo
>>
>>  
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>> *To:* bit
>> *Subject:* [BITList] great run!
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>>  
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>> robbo/frank
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>>  
>>
>> when were you on dumra?
>>
>>  
>>
>> ct
>>
>>  
>>
>> *From:* FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
>>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2010 12:16 AM
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>> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] a picture for you
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>>  
>>
>> but what a horrible run
>> frank
>>
>> Robbo wrote:
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>> What a damn fine ship.
>>  
>> Robbo
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