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Cape Matapan.......
Originally posted by cosmo
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It was ffs
I loved it big time....I was 'anchor faced' as farook lol.
FFS what a bastad...happened my mate as well, mind you he got married and went on to have two lads, and still wed to same bird....so ok for him.
We'll share a few pints whenever ye might pass through London.
Niice ships....very family and first name terms ish....never had one mind ye.....started out in flat tops and did 5 a dem....then destroyers in between and some odd ones like the matapan and of course the Yacht for three yrs working for Betty the One.
jaze....well although I did Ships Diver for 17 yrs, I never fancied the oul submariners life...I have may pals who did and made a shed-load of dosh and all that.....it was and is a very special family...and hats off to them, but I'd rather be able to take a stroll on the upper scupper with a blue-liner and tinny any day than be 20 leagues below...."Divers Do It Deeper".
LOL....brill dit and a brill little cushy number....good onya.
That's hilarious ffs....but the outfit was so big back then you could disappear for months on end if ye were floating....gas eh.
Well ye got around a bit anyway in the four years.... Thing is, everyone I meet up with who left early says they should have stayed....but ye have te ask would it have been better or worse than the life they led in the end....Not forgetting one move can end in 1000 fuk ups.lol.....ye prob made the right move.
I only ever had one Dear John from me pash way back up north.....we had it all goin for us....but while I was on an eight month deployment to the Fez, she started knockin off a schoolie up her way.....but she waited till we were one week away from homers to send the letter.....I was kin gutted.....but as usual in these circs....I slapped the DJ up on the Mess Notice Board and got on with me life....ye want to have heard the comments ffs....lybo............mind you I was pizzad as a rat that night with all the consolation beer the lads passed my way te help me drown me sorrows....
De ya remember the GRONK BOARDS we used te have in all messes....lol.
Then there was the GRONK TROPHY...I won a few a dem ffs.
Matapan....named after the Battle....was a WW2 converted Battle Class Fleet Destroyer.....only ship of the name.....she was converted and took over from Veralum as Sonar Trials Ship.....and I did just over two yrs in her.....what a run it was too....all over the states with her.....including Burmadoo and a few of the south islands.......It was a joint US / UK thing so our time in the States was lenghty and we made many many 'friendships' out west.....Great little ship with stacks of memories....even picked up me crossed hooks in her.....loads more beer tokens eh.
I loved it big time....I was 'anchor faced' as farook lol.
FFS what a bastad...happened my mate as well, mind you he got married and went on to have two lads, and still wed to same bird....so ok for him.
We'll share a few pints whenever ye might pass through London.
Niice ships....very family and first name terms ish....never had one mind ye.....started out in flat tops and did 5 a dem....then destroyers in between and some odd ones like the matapan and of course the Yacht for three yrs working for Betty the One.
jaze....well although I did Ships Diver for 17 yrs, I never fancied the oul submariners life...I have may pals who did and made a shed-load of dosh and all that.....it was and is a very special family...and hats off to them, but I'd rather be able to take a stroll on the upper scupper with a blue-liner and tinny any day than be 20 leagues below...."Divers Do It Deeper".
LOL....brill dit and a brill little cushy number....good onya.
That's hilarious ffs....but the outfit was so big back then you could disappear for months on end if ye were floating....gas eh.
Well ye got around a bit anyway in the four years.... Thing is, everyone I meet up with who left early says they should have stayed....but ye have te ask would it have been better or worse than the life they led in the end....Not forgetting one move can end in 1000 fuk ups.lol.....ye prob made the right move.
I only ever had one Dear John from me pash way back up north.....we had it all goin for us....but while I was on an eight month deployment to the Fez, she started knockin off a schoolie up her way.....but she waited till we were one week away from homers to send the letter.....I was kin gutted.....but as usual in these circs....I slapped the DJ up on the Mess Notice Board and got on with me life....ye want to have heard the comments ffs....lybo............mind you I was pizzad as a rat that night with all the consolation beer the lads passed my way te help me drown me sorrows....
De ya remember the GRONK BOARDS we used te have in all messes....lol.
Then there was the GRONK TROPHY...I won a few a dem ffs.
Matapan....named after the Battle....was a WW2 converted Battle Class Fleet Destroyer.....only ship of the name.....she was converted and took over from Veralum as Sonar Trials Ship.....and I did just over two yrs in her.....what a run it was too....all over the states with her.....including Burmadoo and a few of the south islands.......It was a joint US / UK thing so our time in the States was lenghty and we made many many 'friendships' out west.....Great little ship with stacks of memories....even picked up me crossed hooks in her.....loads more beer tokens eh.
Cape Matapan.......
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