The oiler SHELL MEX 5 came alongside HAMINA and pumped 150 tons bunker fuel oil to HAMINA
Eric Kay writes : I served on the MS Hamina in 1965.
Position: Maskingut (oiler) but performed the duties of 4th Engineer.
Trip: Montreal Canada (Offloading nitrates) - Souris, Prince Edward Island (loading pulpwood) - Vlessing(Flushing) Holland.
I have some photos taken aboard ship and one long shot @ Souris.
I have also 2 photos at dockside by others.
I also have my papers and my payslips.
At 20yrs of age, in 1965 I wanted to travel (go walkabout) on a minimal budget.
I lived in Courtenay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CANADA.
I hitched truck rides and train from Vancouver across Canada to Montreal.
Stayed with a relative in Westmount, and I spent 2 weeks visiting the docks every morning, looking for a ship for England to be able to work my passage.
The MS Hamina was short 1 crewman, and was asked "can you change the oil in a car?" My answer was yes having worked in an automotive garage. I was signed on by the Captain after receiving a medical examination.
England(born in Keswick, Cumbria)
I would appreciate any photographs of the ship
and would appreciate any history.
DWT: 3,016t 304ft long 1954 Bergen Norway
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