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CT
I only really have a clear recollection of ramsey as I bumped into him 
again in Aden I think he was then on one of the "C"s and I was on the 
Resurgent I went over to visit in the harbour aboard our 25 footer 
remember being met by the mate who thought it was a RN boarding party so 
if you where on board at the same time as me it must have been you who 
was lumbered with me on watch?
The only oz guy I can remember was bob schooner but I think he was 2nd 
on the Karanja the mists of time are great for mixing things up
do remember there was a very academically clever junior who was just 
there to get his sea time in
frank

CT's wrote:
> tks, frank
>  
> I knew most of this group - they were aboard when it sank, which I 
> believe was in the spring of [April] 1961.
> with ref to the period you were onboard  12/5/60 ~ 8/6/60. I believe I 
> was onboard then, leaving in December 1960.
> at that time, the ceo was a big guy from oz [don't recall his name], - 
>  Ramsey, Pete Jordan, Jackie Edgar, Pete Durham and maybe bhattarjee 
> were onboard, the others you name must have come later.
> do you recall who were the engineers  12/5/60 ~ 8/6/60 ? [26 days]
> PS how do you remember the names of those onboard when she sank?
>  
> ct
>  
>
> *From:* FS <mailto:franka at iinet.net.au>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 3:10 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] dara
>
> 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
>>
>>  
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