New Bits & Bobs are needed for this page. If anyone has anything of interest please send it in.

All photographs will be returned immediately, honest!!!

Here is a short article about Asbestos which may interest any of you who are experiencing problems which have been caused by it:-

Because of the long term use of asbestos, the United Kingdom has seen a marked increase in cases of the asbestos-caused cancer mesothelioma in the past 20 years. The country's Health and Safety Executive reports that only 153 cases of the disease were diagnosed in 1968. In 2006, the last year for which statistics are currently available, 2,056 individuals died of mesothelioma. Projections say cases of the disease in the UK will peak around 2015, with approximately 2,500 annual deaths from mesothelioma occurring around that time.

This use of asbestos in military ships makes this even more pertinent to the veterans of the UK. This is supported by the majority of sites with high incidence of mesothelioma being located in towns which were heavily involved in shipbuilding. For more information on asbestos use and treatment options within the UK visit http://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/uk/.

The Mesothelioma Center provides a complete list of occupations, ships, and shipyards that could have put our Veterans at risk for developing asbestos-related diseases. In addition, we have thousands of articles regarding asbestos and mesothelioma and we've even created a veterans-specific section on our website in order to help inform about the dangers of asbestos exposure.  Visit the mesothelioma center for more information on asbestos caused cancers and mesothelioma clinical trials.

Little Taff - Llewelyn Hughes

My Father served on the Cardigan Bay as a Chief Petty Officer between 1952-1954.  He would like to get in touch with anybody that served with him and I would therefore be grateful if you could put myself and my Father in touch.
 
Also, I note from the web page, a mention of a possible reunion and would  also be grateful for any information regarding this.
 
I am sure getting back in touch with old friends would make both my Father and myself very happy; it would give me a rest from the stories I have heard for 38 years and give Dad a chance to re-live "the best days".
 
Many thanks
 
David Hughes

Anyone Remeber Jock Condie? if so, please get in touch with his Son...

I am researching my family tree and would like to ask if any of your members possibly remember my father.
His name was Edward Condie Dick, originally from Edinburgh so probably known as Eddie or Jock, or possibly
Ginger, for obvious reasons. I remember he told me when i was young that he was an A/B and possibly he was
a diver but i have nothing to confirm this.  I know his official number started DSSX so he was a Guzz rating.
Dad told me stories of the mig incident and i remember seeing his Korean medals, again when i was much younger.
So i am assuming he was  in the area at the time of 1950 ish or on the Cardigan bay or Castor castle
( the only two ships he ever mentioned with a gleam in his eye).  Unfortunately dad passed away in 2002 and we
were not that close towards the end. I myself joined the mob in 1976 leaving 1990 as  a Cpo mea ml ( sm ) , i was a
mechanician ( ex stoker ) but they waved the magic wand and turned us all into tiffs. I am now serving offshore
Brasil on a British merchant dive vessel as an engineer officer. So i did not get much time at home to swing the
lamp and here dads dits. I would appreciate any news at all, anecdotes, any possible photocopies, or scans of
photo,s dad was in , etc etc. I am only sorry that i did not look sooner and find your website when dad was alive ,
i am sure he would have loved to get in touch. Your website is a credit to you all and keeps the Cardigan bay alive.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yours faithfully,

James Dirk, ( Jim )..................................

Dear Ron,

My name is Graham Smith, I was the youngest boy seaman on the Cardigan Bay from 25/1/49 to 14/2/51.

In your "Bits and Bobs" section, a Mr. James Dick asks if anyone has any information about "Eddy" Dick, would you ask Mr. James Dick if his father was born about 1931/1932, if so we may have been shipmates for about four years, [as it is unlikely that there could have been two Eddy Dicks who served on the Cardigan Bay]. I may be able to fill in a few gaps in his father's history.

Kind regards

Graham Smith

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