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Salty Seadog
Apr 5, 20226 min read
The Crew and Officers were Azamazing
Having left the wonderful unseasonable sunshine of the UK we arrived in Lisbon for a three-night stay before joining Azamara Pursuit. ...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Another Nail in Davy Jones Locker for the British Merchant Navy.
This week another nail was hammered into Davy Jones Locker as it slowly sinks to the bottom of the sea for the British Merchant Navy. P&O...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 13, 20224 min read
Fire Down Below
Sun Princess 1980 - Star Princess 2006 Star Princess in Bremerhaven, Germany 2006 - Repairs Following Fire Short of the ship sinking the...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 5, 20224 min read
The Patter of Italian Feet.
When I joined Oriana in 1973, remember this was pre-computer days and everything was done by hand or on very primitive equipment. For...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 26, 20225 min read
Vindi Boy - Shot at Sea
Tony McGuire recalls the day he was shot by the Chief Steward onboard RMS Durango in 1966 The RMS Durango after a shooting incident,...
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Michael Frost
Feb 20, 202211 min read
Wither Alaska or What to do with our Ships now !
by Michael Frost In 1969 I was Junior 2nd Mate on Cathay, a pleasing small passenger vessel (about 240 passengers) that was essentially...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 13, 20224 min read
All at Sea - Peter Langton tell it in his own unique style.
A couple of years ago I read Peter Langton’s first book “Not Wanted on Voyage” I was like stepping back in time to when I was an...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 6, 20225 min read
Cathy Hooper - Kenneth Barton a Passenger Remembers her kindness
Last year we heard about the sad passing of Cathy Hooper. Cathy initially worked for P&O in her home city of San Francisco. When P&O...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 29, 20226 min read
Oriana 1970's - It's Not Cricket
And Memories of the South Pacific Following the terrible devestation caused by the Volcanic eruption on Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu,...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 23, 20224 min read
Tonga - Disaster Strikes Again
It is many years since I last visited the Island Kingdom of Tonga, but my memories are still very vivid mainly because of the kindness...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 16, 20224 min read
Cruise Ships in Key West
I first visited Key West in 1974 on mv Island Princess. We had the most wonderful welcome from the locals. I remember having a lei of...
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John Martin
Jan 10, 20223 min read
A Blue Honeymoon
"Can the Captain Marry Us" By John Martin It was New Year’s Eve and a distraught prospective bride had turned up at the reception desk. ...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 2, 20223 min read
Violet Jessop
THE LADY THAT ESCAPED THREE SINKING SHIPS Was Violet Jessop the luckiest Seadog ever. She managed to escape three shipping disasters...
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Salty Seadog
Dec 31, 20216 min read
2021 - A Rollercoaster Ride
Carnival Mardi Gras - Roller Coaster Ride 2021 has certainly been a roller coaster ride for the cruise industry and l am not talking...
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Salty Seadog
Dec 23, 202110 min read
Christmas at Sea - For better for worse
Capt. Peter Love. Capt. Jock Leferve and Cruise Director Chris Chapman. Not sure who Santa was. Although I spent a few Christmases at...
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Salty Seadog
Dec 12, 20214 min read
ORIANA NOSTALGIA
Old Seadogs like myself just love to reminisce about the wonderful times that we all spent at sea. I love it when you share your...
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Jamie Shedden
Dec 4, 20214 min read
Officer's sometimes get the best cabins. Southern Cross and Oriana.
By Jamie Shedden As junior purser on Shaw Savill's ss. Southern Cross I had a grandstand view from the bridge when I was ‘berthed’ in...
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Salty Seadog
Nov 27, 20214 min read
Cathy Hooper - Cruisemaster Hostess and other Great P&O Princess Girls
Cathy Hooper and I in Glacier Bay Alaska 1975 - Pacific Princess I had the great pleasure of sailing with Cathy Hooper way back at the...
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Salty Seadog
Nov 20, 20214 min read
Princess Patter 1977 - 2021
When I descended the gangway of Island Princess on 23rd April 1977 little did I realise I would not set foot on another cruise ship for...
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Salty Seadog
Nov 14, 20215 min read
Oriana 1973 - 48 Years on and we haven't changed a bit
One of my former seagoing colleagues and friend Stuart Bennett turned 70 this week and of course, it got me thinking of the fun times we...
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