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    1942-49 1957-72 1983-1984  

 



John Ellard, Irish Spruce,
Kirkenes 1984.
Photo John Sheridan (Jan.2012)
       
Irish Spruce 1983 and 1984
C.Vaughan
(October 2012)

 

Tthe Bintang Biru, formally the Irish Spruce. She is pictured wrecked and under salvage on the island of Kadok in North Korea.
The date of the stranding was the 16th September 2000, a victim of Typhoon Saomai.
Photos John Sheridan
(Oct..2012)

 
  Bridge of the Spruce taken in Marseilles 1985.
Photo John Sheridan
(Oct..2012)		      
Irish Spruce 1984/5
Photos John Sheridan
(Jan.2012)
Names and dates embedded in photos.
 
           
1964 1968 1964   CREW OF THE IRISH SPRUCE ON THEIR WAY HOME AFTER SHE RAN AGROUND IN 1972. 1963  

 

Looking for Paddy Orange from Portarlington

Tony Valente -- 2nd.March 2008

"I sailed as Ordinary Seaman on the IRISH SPRUCE in 1963/64 I think they were the years.
We joined the ship in Aberdeen Scotland and sailed to
Dublin then to Le Harve in France, Amsterdam, Bilbao then to Lake Charles
 Louisiana then to Conarky West Guinea . Where Paddy Orange got sick he was taken to  the local hospital. I visited him a couple of times before we sailed to
 South America. I think they flew him home some time later. I visited him
 when I got home a year or so later. I was wondering how he is today.

Tony Valente  
 Florida USA

2nd.March 2008

   

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