# A photo posted for no good reason at all **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [May 27, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553 "2012-05-27T06:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/1 "2012-05-27T06:03:55Z")
Just because I want to and hope it will spark an interesting conversation ![](http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LMSRailway/LYR_DukeOfCornwall-04_crew_600.jpg) What stories lie behind these faces? What tales can they tell? Certainly one thing is obvious…the black faces of the poor miserable stokers! I also like the dog… ---
**Author:** ![Swampfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Swampfox](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Swampfox)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/2 "2012-05-27T07:17:46Z")
Man, they all had 'staches too! Just think of the stories they can tell. Sent from my SeaPhone using gCaptain. ---
**Author:** ![Jetryder223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jetryder223](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jetryder223)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/3 "2012-05-27T13:24:16Z")
When men were men and women were nurses? No, better not go there.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/4 "2012-05-27T15:07:22Z")
[QUOTE=Swampfox;70295]Man, they all had 'staches too![/QUOTE] Indeed sir…yes indeed! Pretty much everyone of them to a man (and maybe the lady too…I can’t quite tell?) Weren’t the 1800’s just an awesome time to be a guy? btw, I like the guy right behind the master. It looks like his head is sticking right out of the captain’s hat and the goofy look on the fellow’s face just makes it icing on the cake! Must be the cadet 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Jetryder223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jetryder223](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jetryder223)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/5 "2012-05-27T15:50:44Z")
[QUOTE=c.captain;70308]btw, I like the guy right behind the master. It looks like his head is sticking right out of the captain’s hat and the goofy look on the fellow’s face just makes it icing on the cake! Must be the cadet ;-)[/QUOTE] Hey, I resemble that remark.😉 ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/6 "2012-05-27T19:29:39Z")
I honestly need to ask why people didn’t ever smile in photos taken in the old timey daze? I mean, everybody looks just downright miserable in this shot but it’s cool old ship they’re sitting on…they must have had such a large crew to keep the mahogany woodwork varnished and the brass all shiny! The floggings will continue until the morale improves! Now back to work with the lot of ya! ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/7 "2012-05-27T20:33:51Z")
> [@"c.captain"](#): > > I honestly need to ask why people didn’t ever smile in photos taken in the old timey daze? > > I mean, everybody looks just downright miserable in this shot but it’s cool old ship they’re sitting on…they must have had such a large crew to keep the mahogany woodwork varnished and the brass all shiny! > > The floggings will continue until the morale improves! Now back to work with the lot of ya! I don’t think they smiled because the cameras back in those days took forever to pick up the exposure. Now it’s a split second, but was several seconds then. If they tried to smile for that long the picture would probably come out blurry. ---
**Author:** ![water](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/water/32/131_2.png) [@water](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/water)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/8 "2012-05-27T20:35:52Z")
[QUOTE=c.captain;70322]I honestly need to ask why people didn’t ever smile in photos taken in the old timey daze? I mean, everybody looks just downright miserable in this shot but it’s cool old ship they’re sitting on…they must have had such a large crew to keep the mahogany woodwork varnished and the brass all shiny! The floggings will continue until the morale improves! Now back to work with the lot of ya![/QUOTE] From what I’ve been told, it had a lot to do with the slow film speed. The lens was open for a matter of seconds, not a fraction of a second like we have now. How many vessel still have a dog or cat aboard? ---
**Author:** ![sailorgal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@sailorgal](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/sailorgal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/9 "2012-05-27T20:46:21Z")
I Looooove the dog! My captain said we couldn’t have one on the ship. I hear they’re nice to have on out there. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/10 "2012-05-27T22:02:36Z")
[QUOTE=sailorgal;70328]I Looooove the dog! My captain said we couldn’t have one on the ship. I hear they’re nice to have on out there.[/QUOTE] I’ve been on one vessel in Alaska where we had two border collie puppies named Gus and Maddie who grew up on the bridge plus another big oafe of a dog named Dudley also on there once. Also had a great cat named Diggidy on a survey vessel I ran. He was rescued from becoming Gator lunch in Port Arthur and also grew up onboard. He used to love to lay on top of the radar at night Loved all of them and hope to be able to have another animal aboard again someday. An animal aboard really brings a crew together. . ---
**Author:** ![Skoidat69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/skoidat69/32/1138_2.png) [@Skoidat69](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Skoidat69)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/11 "2012-05-28T03:44:17Z")
My captain on a tanker that i worked on told stories of having a dog on a ship previous Sent from my iPhone using gCaptain ---
**Author:** ![Skoidat69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/skoidat69/32/1138_2.png) [@Skoidat69](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Skoidat69)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/12 "2012-05-28T03:49:59Z")
My captain on a tanker that i worked on told stories of having a dog on his previous ship. The DEU would pick up the dog crap. The dog figured it out and would crap in front of his S/R. He loved rough weather as he would slide in his bed across the bridge . It all came to an end when he bit the gal on the dock at an oil terminal after she got into it with one of the crew. Bad dog Sorry about the duplicate post… Damn iPhone Sent from my iPhone using gCaptain ---
**Author:** ![Skoidat69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/skoidat69/32/1138_2.png) [@Skoidat69](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Skoidat69)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/13 "2012-05-28T04:17:35Z")
The DEU would clean up after the dog so the dog started crapping in the passageway outside his S/R. The dog loved rough weather as he would slide across the bridge in his bed. He down fall was biting the gal on the dock at an oil terminal after she got into into it with some crew. Sent from my iPhone using gCaptain ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/14 "2012-05-28T05:17:36Z")
I just came to the conclusion that the guy with his head sticking out of the captain’s hat is the SUNY engine cadet. The rather uptight fellow to his left is the deck cadet from KP! ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/15 "2012-05-28T05:19:13Z")
[QUOTE=Jetryder223;70310]Hey, I resemble that remark.;)[/QUOTE] I have deduced that the guy with his head sticking out of the captain’s hat is in fact a SUNY engine cadet. The somewhat uptight fellow with the bowtie and big ears to his left is the deck cadet from KP. I further deduce he is also a member of the band company by the constipated look on his face. Huzzaah! ---
**Author:** ![NAUTICART](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/nauticart/32/1174_2.png) [@NAUTICART](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/NAUTICART)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/16 "2012-05-28T13:48:30Z")
[B]Hey C.capt… where did you get the photo? Duke of Cornwall (LYR/LNWR Joint: 1898-1922 - 1,540 grt) (LNWR: 1922) (LMS: 1923-1928) ???[/B] ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/17 "2012-05-28T17:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=NAUTICART;70380][B]Hey C.capt… where did you get the photo? Duke of Cornwall (LYR/LNWR Joint: 1898-1922 - 1,540 grt) (LNWR: 1922) (LMS: 1923-1928) ???[/B][/QUOTE] Ding, ding, ding…we have a winner! The ship is in fact the DUCK OF CORNWALL (1898-1922). ![](http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LMSRailway/LYR_DukeOfCornwall-03.jpg) The photo is from [Simplon Postcards](http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/LMS_LYR1.html#anchor925835) The dog however remains unidentified… . ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/18 "2012-05-28T21:46:42Z")
& speaking of dogs…here’s another pic I had to post for no good reason…(feel free add caption of your own choosing) ![](http://www.smethwickphotographic.co.uk/spsint/Exhibition_2011/MonoPrint/content/images/large/Highly_commended_Old_Sea_Dog_Graham_Hodgkiss_AFIAP_ARPS_MPAGB_Hon_England.jpg) my entry is: “goddammit…somebody give me a cigarette. I can barely breath in here!” . ---
**Author:** ![Jetryder223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Jetryder223](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jetryder223)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/19 "2012-05-29T02:46:20Z")
Red Bull energy drink helps me get through those 72 hour watches. ---
**Author:** ![rshrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/rshrew/32/107_2.png) [@rshrew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/rshrew)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553/20 "2012-05-29T08:18:46Z")
I don’t always drink beer on watch, but when I do I choose Dos Equis stay thirsty sailors! [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/a-photo-posted-for-no-good-reason-at-all/7553.md?page=2)