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Pictures on site</B></A><br> <br> <A HREF="tour2011.html">Stage Seven Tour de France route</A><br> <br> <A HREF="tour2011friday.html">Stage Seven Race Day</A><br> <br> <A HREF="pinder2.html">More photographs from John Pinder's attic</A><br> <br> <a href="Macletters.html"> MacFadyen Letters</a><br> <br><A HREF="sf.html">Wray Castle Reunion 2011</A><br> <br> <A HREF="giteE.html">French Gite</A><br> <br> <A HREF="biforwards.html">Some recently unearthed photographs related to B.I. </A><br> <br> <A HREF="glasgow09.html">Photographs from the Glasgow 09 reunion </A><br> <br><a href="pinder.html">Photos concerning Sir Bedevere</a><br> <br> <A HREF="http://www.asbestos.com/">Mesothelioma Cancer Awareness Site (Asbestos)</A><br> <br> <A HREF="http://www.asbestos.net">Mesothelioma</A><br> <br> <A HREF=" http://www.mesothelioma.com/veteran_medical_support.htm ">Veterans Mesothelioma support group</A><br> <br><a href="mendoza.html">Amazing pictures taken of the sinking of Mendoza</a><br> <br><a href="08reunion.html">Pictures from the 08 Engineers' Reunion </a><br> <br><a href="maclink.html">Full The Macfadyen Story </a><br> <br> <A HREF="dwarka.html">The Four  D s Of the British India Line</A><br> <br> <A HREF="glasgow07.html">James Slater s Photograph from the Engineers reunion in Glasgow 2007</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="threequeens.html">The three Cunard Queens in Southampton.</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="sf.html">Wray Castle Reunion dates 2009</A><br> <br> <A HREF="talamba.html">The Great Typhoon of 1937, Part Four</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="glasgow06george.html">George Taylor's Photographs from the UK reunion in Glasgow 2006</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="glasgow06.html">Photographs from the UK reunion in Glasgow 2006</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="cartoon.html">April cartoon</A><br> <br> <A HREF="harrisons.html">T & J Harrisons, Company History. Ship details added.</A><br> <br> <A HREF="MacF.html">Extracts from B.I. News issues concerning Capt. Macfadyen </A><br> <br><A HREF="strick.html">Strick Line, Floristan (65) added</A><br> <br><A HREF="topp14.html">New postcard picture of the Queen Mary added.</A><br> <br><A HREF="unioncastle3.html">New postcard picture of Carnarvon Castle added</A><br> <br><A HREF="LHsuppli.html">Lamport and Holt Line, Steamers of the Past</A> <br> <br><A HREF="dalg.html">Personal Photographs from Watergate Steam Ship Company; R.S. Dalgliesh Ltd.</A> <br> <br> <A HREF="peterR.html">Personal Photographs kindly supplied by Peter Raymond</A><br> <br><A HREF="james2.html">Photos from the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas</A><br> <br><A HREF="rohilla.html">Photos from 90th Anniversary Commemorations</A><br> <br><A HREF="BFfunnel.html">Blue Funnel, Garden Funnel Pictures</A><br> <br><A HREF="dolphin.html">Newspaper article concerning Dolphin Training Ship, Ben Line</A><br> <br><A HREF="dilworth5.html">Journal of Cadet Philip Dilworth, Part Five to end.</A><br> <br><A HREF="./BritishIndia/lifeAtSea/front.html">Life at Sea with BI book.</A><br> <br><a href="dInnola/maritimeMisc1.html">David Innola, miscellaneous photos</a><br> <br><a href="dBeedle.html">Denis Beedle and Asiatic Steam</a><br> <br><A HREF="woodland.html">Commodore Cammacks, Photographs of Vita and family life in India.</A><br> <br><A HREF="nelson.html">Nelson Steam Navigation Company Ltd. </A><br> <br><A HREF="larrinarga.html">Larrinarga Steam Ship Company Ltd.</A><br> <br><A HREF="downer.html">Capt. F.A.J. Downer, D.S.C.,R.D., R.N.R. (Retd.) and the &lsquo;Nevasa&rsquo;</A><br> <br><A HREF="hankin.html">Captain G.A. Hankin and the Dwarka</A><br> <br><A HREF="seapup.html">British India Deck Cadet during the 60s.</A><br> <br><A HREF="james.html">British India Junior Engineer during the 70s.</A><br> <br><A HREF="bencadet.html">The Recollections of a Ben Line Cadet</A><br> <br><A HREF="unioncastle3.html">Wartime newspaper report concerning Llangibby Castle</A><br> <br><A HREF="navyday.html">The Merchant Navy Day Commemoration Page</A><br> <br><A HREF="richardlinks.html">Richard Crow's Career Link Page</A><br> <br><A HREF="neurbooklet.html"> Educational Cruise Booklet, Neuralia 1932</A><br> <br><A HREF="neuralia.html">Personal Account of Educational Cruise, Neuralia 1932</A><br> <br><A HREF="book.html">Red Duster Recollections, book details.</A><br> <br><A HREF="http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/BritishIndia/Purnea.wmv">Short Video of Purnea.</A><BR> <br><A HREF="taylorlink.html">Link page for photographs taken during George Taylor and Robert Hannah's BI careers.</A><BR> <br><a href="BP.html">British Trent Search for Witnesses</a><br> <!--End of side bar news --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" valign="top" background="otherpics/bgmiddle.gif"> <table width="100%" align="right" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=44></td<td> <height="100%"><tr><td width=44 align="center" valign="middle"><img src="otherpics/dia.gif" border=0></td><td valign="top"> <hr size=1 color="#ffffff"> <!-- Main Title --> <font size=4>Another update.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> <!-- End of Main Title --> <hr size=1 color="#ffffff"> <!-- Main Post --> <!-- <center> <img src="otherpics/whiteensign.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="61" alt=""><br><br><font size=7> 1805 - 2005 <br> <font size=4> 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar <br><br> <font size=2></center> ---> <!--<center> <font color="#00ffff"> <img src="otherpics/redensign.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="72" alt=""> <br><br> <font size='3'> <b> We would like to remind everyone it's MERCHANT NAVY DAY on the 3rd September<br><br> </b> <br><A HREF="navyday.html">The Merchant Navy Day Commemoration Page</A><br><br><br> <center><img src="otherpics/poppy2.gif" border="0" width="250" height="141" alt=""><br><br> <!-- <center><img src="otherpics/poppy.gif" border="0" width="95" height="101" alt=""> <br><br> <center> <center> <img src="otherpics/aniangel3a.gif" border="0" width="192" height="238" alt=""><br><br> <b><font face="Christmas" color="#800000"> <font size='7'><font color="#ff0000">And a Happy New Year </font><br><br> </b> <font face="Verdana"> <center> <img src="otherpics/aniangel3a.gif" border="0" width="192" height="238" alt=""><br><br> <b><font face="Christmas" color="#800000"> <font size='7'><font color="#ff0000"><font face="ChocolateBoxDecorative">And a Happy New Year </font><br><br> </b> <font size='3'> <font face="Verdana" color="#ffffff"> ---> <hr size=2 color="#ffffff"> <font size='2'> <b><u>Wray Castle <br><br></b></u> A reunion for anyone connected with <b>Wray Castle</b> (cadets plus wives, partners etc) between 1958 and 1967 will be held September 23rd to 25th 2011 . Interested parties should contact Piers Sherwood for further information at <a href="mailto:pplattsherwood@talk21.com"> Piers Sherwood <a> <br><br> <font color="#FFFFFF"> We have been contacted by Briana Huffer who is the International Awareness Coordinator for a Mesothelioma Cancer Centre (Asbestos) and asked to put up a link to their site. This we have done in the left hand column. Anyone wanting to find out about the effects of Asbestos may wish to pay this site a visit. We have featured the progress for compensation due to illness caused by working with asbestos for years now so any more publicity to this subject is welcome. <br><br> We have added a another link, supplied to us by Mike Griffin, for a <b>Mesothelioma</b> & Asbestos Cancer Resourse Centre, for anyone affected by this condition or their families. <br><br> A third Mesothelioma link has been added on the request of Douglas Karr, a veteran of the US Navy, dealing mostly from the Military point of view but I am sure information on this site would be of use to all connected with this terrible condition. <br><br> We have over the years had many people write to us asking about tracing relatives who they think might have served in the Merchant Navy, I'm afraid we hold no records of the crew lists or sailings ourselves but can only point you in the right directions to the people who do hold these records. To save everyone time anyone trying to research relatives on their war time records, please read this page by clicking on the link .. <A HREF="research.html">Relative Research Details</A> ..... for all other inquiries please read the 30th November 2001 entry on the Burning Issues page. <A HREF="burn.html">Burning Issues Page</A><br><br> <font size='3'> Please note that web site addresses added to your member listing on the Noticeboard should only be relevant to shipping or your family. All others will be removed. <br><br> </font> <font size='2'> Thank you for contacting the site but could I ask anyone writing to us to state clearly in the 'subject' section of an e-mail window the fact that they are writing with reference to the site. Either a ship's name or even just MNO site inquiry. This is so I can pick your mails out from the deluge of rubbish that seems to come my way. For some reason Fred's AOL address seems to be bouncing mails, we know not why so I have removed Fred's address for the moment but anything sent to me is always passed on anyway. Many thanks. Bobbie<br><br> The Noticeboard is now up and linked at the top of the page. It operates on a similar system to the last one, inasmuch as you register with an ID and post. If you have an forum idea or Shipping Company you think deserves its own section please feel free to contact us and we will add it. <br><br> <!--A new section has been added to the notice board for anyone to use for any shipping company.<br><br> The Noticeboard we are now using works as a kind of forum where specific subjects can be discussed via postings. You are asked to register but the process is simple, free and will not produce any disclosure of information. Registering will allow you to post and reply to other posting although as an unregistered 'guest' you would be able to post. Please make a note of your password. Fred can give you quite a few stories of what happens when you don't and then forget it. If there are any subjects which you feel need airing please contact us and we will open a new forum specifically for it. We hope you will use it and find it interesting. <br><br> ---> Over the years we have been running this site we have received many enquires about the Pension Fund and how to locate them. We have now added a link to their site, at their request, to our link page.<br><br> We have reproducted the booklet supplied to all prospective employees of British India, circa 1960s, from an original still help by Barrie Wilson. Our thanks to him for supplying the material.<br><br> <!--<img src="otherpics/upbid3.gif" border="0" width="181" height="30">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="otherpics/sing1.gif" border="0" width="287" height="36">&nbsp;<img src="otherpics/sing2.gif" border="0" width="316" height="36"><br><br>--> We have completed Ben Line as far as our reference books will allow us to go, however if anyone can continue the story we would love to hear from them.<br><br> Additional information regarding tracing Merchant Navy Records.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="MNRecords.html">Click here for information concerning tracing former seagoing relatives.</a> <b><font color="#00ffff">Further information available on the Noticeboard.</font></b><br><br> <!-- Have you ever wondered what happens to the records of your career at sea? Please read the page on the Loss of British Merchant Navy Records link to your left. Also linked from Burning Issues page. If you have any comments regarding any of the issues raised please mail us and any topics you may feel need investigating.<br><br> --> We would like to thank all the people who have sent in photographs and stories to us. Please continue to do so and anyone else who thinks they may have something of interest please contact us. <br> <br> <!-- We have added a link page for noticeboards. At the moment it includes a General Board and one for Blue Funnel.<br> --> <br> A number of photographs on this site were purchased from Iain Lovie who lives in New Zealand. A link to Iain's site can be found on our link page. There is also a link to John and Marion Clarkson from whom we have also purchased photographs. <br> <br> On this site most photographs have not been issued to the Public Domain and are reproduced with the owners' consent, others are available from photographic sources already acknowledged, these also appear with the owners' consent. However I have put up some material where it's proved impossible to find alternatives to date but are necessary for the Company History, I will remove the said photographs on request. I would also like to acknowledge the P & O Collection, The World Ship Society and Laxon and Perry.<br> <br> <!--If anyone would like to contribute original maritime related cartoons please feel free to challenge our resident cartoonist Dave Clark. <br><br> Anyone wishing to email Fred or me directly can do so with the following link:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bobbie@merchantnavyofficers.com">Bobbie</a> <!--or <a href="mailto:fredmno@aol.com">Fred</a> --><br><br> <br> <!-- End of Main Post --> <hr size=1 color="#ffffff"> <!-- Post Info --> <font size=1>Posted by Bobbie 11th July 2011</font> <!-- End of Post Info </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan=2 height=5> <hr size=1 color="#ffffff"> </td> <tr> <td align="center" height=50 colspan=2><img src="otherpics/bluec.gif" border="0" width="75" height="50">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <!--Start of TheCounter.com Code <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="javascript"> s="na";c="na";j="na";f=""+escape(document.referrer) </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="javascript1.2"> s=screen.width;v=navigator.appName if (v != "Netscape") {c=screen.colorDepth} else {c=screen.pixelDepth} j=navigator.javaEnabled() </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="javascript"> function pr(n) {document.write(n,"\n");} NS2Ch=0 if (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "2") {NS2Ch=1} if (NS2Ch == 0) { r="&size="+s+"&colors="+c+"&referer="+f+"&java="+j+"" pr("<A HREF=\"http://www.TheCounter.com\" TARGET=\"_top\"><IMG"+ " BORDER=0 SRC=\"http://c1.thecounter.com/id=34872"+r+"\"><\/A>")} </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT><A HREF="http://www.TheCounter.com" TARGET="_top"><IMG SRC="http://c1.thecounter.com/id=34872" ALT="TC" BORDER=0></A> </NOSCRIPT> <!-- End of TheCounter.com Code <img src="otherpics/redc.gif" border="0" width="75" height="50"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height=15 background="otherpics/botleftbg.gif" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: top left" colspan=2 align="center"> Last 23rd August 2009 </td> </tr> </table> --> </BODY> </HTML>