BP
MARINE ENGINEERING APPRENTICES
In 1952, the then British Tanker Company,
the Marine Transportation Division of BP Oil Company, decided to implement the
alternative system scheme for marine engineers. Prior to this, the marine
engineering officers entered the marine engineering field after completeing
apprenticeships at heavy engineering or ship-building companies. This new
system was developed to give a more specific background that would create
engineers with a solid grounding in the basics of a sea-going engineer.
Since the website started in
September 2001, I have been accumulating the names of ex-Marine Engineering
Apprentices. To date I have contacted over 400, and have a list of 2250 more,
with a little information on each person. This includes all engineering
apprentices from 1952 to 1959 and many in the other years up to 1981 and beyond.
Two years after starting this
website, I began collecting information for ALL crewmembers (Deck,
Engineering and Catering) of BP tankers, currently 625 personnel and 328
vessels. Basic information is name, rank, vessels and approx. joining/leaving
dates. Crew who provide this information will be able to email me to receive a
copy of BPTC personnel and vessels. If you are interested, please contact me!
NOTE: if you do not want you information released to other BP personnel, please let me know.
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