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TEXACO HAMBURG

TEXACO HAMBURG WAS REGISTERED IN LONDON. SHE HAD A GROSS TONNAGE OF 104615.85. HER RADIO CALLSIGN WAS GZPX WITH HER COLLECTIVE CALLSIGN BEING  GZXP ( I THINK THIS WAS NOT JUST TEXACO'S COLLECTIVE CALL, BUT FOR OVERSEAS TANKSHIPS, UK ) I JOINED HER IN PEMBROKE DOCK, SOUTH WALES AND FROM THERE WE WENT TO RASTANURA, SAUDI ARABIA VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.THE RETURN TRIP WAS TO AUGUSTA IN SICILY AND THEN BACK TO PORTO TORRES IN SARDINIA, THEN TO LISBON WHERE I LEFT THE VESSEL TO RETURN TO THE U.K

 

 

 

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