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<blockquote data-quote="grebeman" data-source="post: 398979" data-attributes="member: 79">[ATTACH=full]241199[/ATTACH]The tanker &quot;Furenas&quot; lies alongside the oil terminal at Cattedown. She's looking a little high in the water so discharging of her cargo must be nearly complete although two discharge pipes are still attached. A small laden vessel, the &quot;Bounder&quot; is coming down stream. She's almost certainly come from Corporation Wharf carrying a cargo of steel scrap, possibly bound for Portugal. She's a foreign registered ship since she's flying the Red Ensign at the masthead as a courtesy to the country she's in. Above her bows there's a tower on the end of a large house. That was built at the behest of a retired ships captain so he could look out down river to observe the shipping. That's the village of Oreston where I grew up in the 1950's and it was said that there were some 32 retired ships captains living in the village. Most would have captained very small sailing vessels that had hung on trading locally until the 1940's.[ATTACH=full]241201[/ATTACH]Sure enough by the time the pilot had taken the &quot;Bounder&quot; out and returned the &quot;Furenas&quot; was ready to sail.[ATTACH=full]241200[/ATTACH]Just where is Nolsoy? I'd never heard of it. It turns out it's one of the Faroe Islands, who'd have guessed that was her port of registry. Just where is she bound now?Barrie</blockquote>

[QUOTE="grebeman, post: 398979, member: 79"] [ATTACH type="full"]241199[/ATTACH] The tanker "Furenas" lies alongside the oil terminal at Cattedown. She's looking a little high in the water so discharging of her cargo must be nearly complete although two discharge pipes are still attached. A small laden vessel, the "Bounder" is coming down stream. She's almost certainly come from Corporation Wharf carrying a cargo of steel scrap, possibly bound for Portugal. She's a foreign registered ship since she's flying the Red Ensign at the masthead as a courtesy to the country she's in. Above her bows there's a tower on the end of a large house. That was built at the behest of a retired ships captain so he could look out down river to observe the shipping. That's the village of Oreston where I grew up in the 1950's and it was said that there were some 32 retired ships captains living in the village. Most would have captained very small sailing vessels that had hung on trading locally until the 1940's. [ATTACH type="full"]241201[/ATTACH] Sure enough by the time the pilot had taken the "Bounder" out and returned the "Furenas" was ready to sail. [ATTACH type="full"]241200[/ATTACH] Just where is Nolsoy? I'd never heard of it. It turns out it's one of the Faroe Islands, who'd have guessed that was her port of registry. Just where is she bound now? Barrie [/QUOTE]

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