AURICULA

About

Completed 1946 as "AURICULA" for STUK. 1955 converted to dry-cargo and sold to Neuva Vista and renamed Don Demetrio. 1959 sold to Falaise SS and renamed Seaway Discoverer. 1961 sold to Valmonte and renamed Captain Minas. 23-3-1969 arrived Kaohsiung for scrap.

Also known as
Don Demetrio
Seaway Discoverer
Captain Minas
IMO number
506293
Call sign
GKPV
Construction number
671
Tonnage
12.290 ton
Beam
18m
Length overall
147m
Year of construction
1946
Year of renaming/broken up
1969
Service for Shell
1946 to 1955
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
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Comments

Sailors

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
06/07/2009 - 11:31 Les Ennisl

WE LEFT L.POOL FOR A SO CALLED ROUND TRIP CURACO PHILADELPHIA AND HOME LITTLE DID IKNOW IT BUT LL J IITWAS TO BE 13 MONTHS BEFORE I SAW BIRKENHEAD AGAIN .TYPICAL JOE SHELL I FOUND OUT .THEY DIDNT CATCH ME OUT AGAIN WENT BACK TO DRY CARGO.

06/06/2009 - 17:29 Les Ennisl

AS CARPENTER I SPENT 13 MONTHS OF MISERY WITH ACAPTAIN ROBERTSON