Thank-you. I guess you're both talking about this photo? http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/Online/object.aspx?objectID=object-877788&start=1552&rows=1 I had many members of my family in the merchant navy, from the 19th century through the second world war. I was going to ask if anyone could give an idea of what life would have been like for them, but I guess the name starvation buoys gives a clue.   On Thursday, 2 April 2015, 22:01, Graham Read via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: Thanks for that.  I got over a dozen responses  but down the list is the Museum of London entry, and there is a very nice photo.  Thanks Andy, On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Andy Adams via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Been looking for a suitable illustration of a tier. Will keep trying. In > the meantime a very good illustration can be gained by going to Google > and typing in Starvation Buoys at Greenwich. This shows dozens of > unemployed sailing barges on tiers in the 1930s. Being smaller vessels > they are only moored fwd whereas large vessels would have fore and aft > moorings. Nonetheless it illustrates very well the danger of falling > down on the tier in a small vessel and the very high risk of death due > to the current driving them on. > > Rgds > -- > /Andy Adams/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message