Oil Tankers & OBO's
- oldsalt
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Oil Tankers & OBO's
When I left the RN I joined Mobile Oil Tankers as a Second Engineer. A few photos of some of the ships I served in.
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- ivorthediver
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
they look big girls Keith , did you enjoy your time on them as you hear differing tales of life bordering between boredom and cost cutting on services ....
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- oldsalt
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
The Mobil Pinnacle was the largest I was in. We had bicycles to get around the upper deck & a lift in the Engine Room.
- ivorthediver
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
I readily believe that Keith, they look huge but how on earth did you maintain a vertical presence in a rough sea , I would probably have locked myself away unless I was desperately needed
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- oldsalt
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
My experience in the MN was, shall I say, an eye opener. As a 2nd Engineer I was also responsible for the electrics, no Electrical Engineers like the RN.
Trips were 4 mths on & 2mths off, sounds good but for the 4 mths onboard there was work 24/7. Food & accommodation were excellent, pay was pretty good too.
Trips were 4 mths on & 2mths off, sounds good but for the 4 mths onboard there was work 24/7. Food & accommodation were excellent, pay was pretty good too.
- ivorthediver
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If it suited and you were happy Keith " why not" I love anything Mechanical [ runs in the blood] and to my fathers permanent horror I was always taking things apart and reassembling them to see how they worked [ and very few didn't when reassembled ] and I consider myself a practical person so I'm sure I would have been a dab hand at being one had my life not taken a different path
My other love in life was anything to do with water ....in it ..under it ..on top of it , but again it wasn't until latter on in life that these dreams became reality ......still better than never at all eh
My other love in life was anything to do with water ....in it ..under it ..on top of it , but again it wasn't until latter on in life that these dreams became reality ......still better than never at all eh
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- oldsalt
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
One advantage with Mobil shipping was that I could & did take my wife to sea.
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Ahh and she had no meals to cook either Eh Keith , so win ...win for her ?
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- oldsalt
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
Just found a web site that lists all Mobil tankers, it is AUke Visser's Mobil Tankers & Tugs. I was able to print copies to make up history of my time with Mobil.
- oldsalt
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Re: Oil Tankers & OBO's
A nice oicture of my last sea going ship, the Matco Thames taking on a cargo of crude oil from the North Sea.
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