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Username g_w_allen
Status active
Joined Aug 30, 2014
Dates in RFA November 1985 to April 2000
RFA Department Electrical followed by Systems Engineering
Location (now) South Shields
Favourite Ship Diligence
Biography/Remarks Born 8 Dec 1962 in Plymouth. Currently living in South Shields.
Time-served Electrical Fitter in HM Dockyard, Devonport, Plymouth
Joined the RFA in 1985 - Olna, in Smiths Dock North Shields.
Served in Olna, Diligence (x2), Regent, Olmeda (x 2), Brambleleaf, Fort George, Fort Victoria, Argus (x2), Bedivere, Tidespring, Fort Austin

I stood by new-build - Fort Victoria and then Fort George.

I was the part of the first systems engineer team (pioneering/experimental) at that time, on the Olmeda with Frank North (Ch Off SE) and Roy Burrows.

I was the first systems engineer officer appointed to FOST (First Officer SE) in 1997 - I had the title of ME6 to FOST. I relieved Rick Houghton who was the last Electrical Officer appointed to FOST. This was my last appointment with the RFA and I resigned to take a job on a Cable Laying vessel as an ETO.

I am currently working in the oil and gas industry - I started as an Electrician and progressed to senior positions. Presently, I am working onshore in Angola as a Technical Superintendent overseeing a 6th Generation Ultra Deep Water Drillship. I have worked in North Sea, Libya, Egypt, Greenland, USA, Tanzania, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Namibia
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