Comments on: The Cod Wars

By: mick wedgner

mick wedgner — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:50:54 +0000

Hi Danny Mick Wedgner here. I ask respectfully are you sure it was the St Leger, as i dont recall her having flared white on her focsle. I have sailed in the leger 5 trips is why i ask are you sure. perhaps to enlighten the matter. I sailed in her sister ship St Keverne 5 trips to the best of my recollection she did not have a white flair either? St Gerontius, St Giles, St Dominic, St Loman were the only ships that had the white flair on the focstle. I trust this helps clarify the incident.
Anyway Danny i read your book it’s quite interesting refer Somerset st school, hessle road etc. I had no idea your expreiences in foreign lands was so extensive, the same applies to your moving homes so often.
I sailed with you in the St Jasper you was skipper your brother in law Syd Trolley was with us. i was engine room staff, Trevor Hardwicke was Chief engineer. We called into Akureyri i broke my specs and you sent me to Opticians for a new pair thanks for that Danny! Albert Reeves was mate, we had a broken trip Forefoot was cracked extensively thru hitting a growler?
Anyway Danny would like to see you after all these years of long time no see. If you wanna meet email me back ok.
Tek care Mick wedgner

By: jim mc kernan

jim mc kernan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:16:33 +0000

does anyone remember when the ships worked in pairs 1 ship close to the others stern so the gunboat couldnt get in between and cut the warp?
also the stupid rope we towed astern with a light on –the gunboat cut that as well!! my lasting memory was going aboard the gleaner where i was bosun and finding a big roll of chicken wire with steel poles to fix along the port side to deter boarders! packed in a box next to these was 10 pickaxe handles to attack said boarders!! after all tha rubbish we had to fight tooth and nail for our compensation for losing our living!

By: Alan Duggan

Alan Duggan — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:51:23 +0000

Hello Daniel, thanks for getting back to me. If you do get the book published please let me know.

By: d.platten

d.platten — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:16:29 +0000

Hello Alan I have had a few printed just to see if the book is good enough, at the moment although I have had two publishers rwead it and are willing to print the cost is rather high so I am looking into other things at the moment

By: Alan Duggan

Alan Duggan — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:34:32 +0000

Hello again Daniel, i would love to read the book you have written is it published anywhere ?

By: d.platten

d.platten — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:28:13 +0000

sorry did not get back to you earlier, after the collision I had to return to Hull for repairs the St Leger had some damage to the bow
which was repaired in a very short time then we returned to Iceland
the Icelandic gun boats did not bother us too much after that as they knew we would fight back.
Of cause we knew it was wrong and it was a pity it all happened but it is all history now. I have wrote a book on my family and my years in the fishing industry and fifteen years working in Angola after the fishing industry collasped

By: Mark Jones

Mark Jones — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:44:26 +0000

The two Royal Navy Frigates shown are HMS Ariadne (F72) and HMS Gurkha (F122)

By: Alan Duggan

Alan Duggan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:20:41 +0000

Hello Daniel, i have ammended the images. Thanks for making us aware.

What happend after the clash ?

By: Mr Daniel Platten

Mr Daniel Platten — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:03:12 +0000

I think you will find the trawler fighting back was the St Leger
I was the skipper, the St Gerontius was not involved in any confrontation.