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We spent weeks at anchor off Thailand, loading Tapioca from a series of barges. The Tapioca came onboard in sacks, and a huge workforce was needed to empty the bags into the massive holds. All the local workers lived on deck in temporary tents.

Taking on fresh water by size4riggerboots

Oslo by size4riggerboots

30096 "96" NORMANDY Eastleigh by Amy Adams

Penguin Colony, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia by size4riggerboots

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Let go fw'd! by size4riggerboots

Merchant Navy Day Parade 2011 by Maria Fowler

Merchant Navy Day Parade, Harwich, Essex. UK

Merchant Navy Day Parade 2011 by Maria Fowler

Merchant Navy Day Parade, Harwich, Essex. UK

BT 373-3720 nominal roll of Merchant Navy men died in Japanese camps 004 by David Underdown

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Panama Canal.

Roseau, Dominica by size4riggerboots

St Kitts by size4riggerboots

Ephesus, Turkey by size4riggerboots

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1953 by Ronald Hackston

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I went to the National Archives last weekend, and amongst other things, I found my Grandfather's merchant navy records.

Merchant Navy Parade by Maria Fowler

Merchant Navy Day Parade, Harwich, Essex. UK

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Nagoya, Japan.

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Kanmon Strait, Japan.

Jan 2010 THV Patricia 342 by size4riggerboots

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Merchant Navy Day Parade 2011 by Maria Fowler

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Merchant Navy Day Parade, Harwich, Essex. UK

Peterhoff, St Petersburg by size4riggerboots

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Port Brisbane by Paul Beresford

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Long Beach, CA.

Phase 2 by Fox at Sea

Long Beach, CA.

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