A Special Thread Just For Carman aka 'Yappy' - Military Terms - Lesson 101

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Originally posted by V_D
I'I rolled my "R's" just for you

Rolling R´s - is it? Do remember I attended Gillespie´s High School in Edinburgh (Mc Pherson tartan - You like kilts).

Anyhow I love this ship. In 1950 she brought the Java Tiger closer to me. But it took another 20 yrs for the Tiger to find hunting grounds in Sweden and in 1974 finally I got caught.

The m/s Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, built 1930, 19.429 GRT, Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, brought my beloved Tiger in security from Mr. Soekarto & the communists in Indonesia. I love that ship!

However she was sold to Greece in 1963 and renamed m/s Lakonia. Later same year she caught fire off Madeira and sunk with a loss of 128 persons. A tragedy.

But by then my Tiger was safe on shore since 13 yrs. I am so glad for that because otherwise I shouldn´t bother to learn Dutch and Indonesian.

So here is the unhappy ship that brought me happiness:

VN (= Radio signal for CO 5th Bn in the R Sw Army)