| IMO number | 5103144 |
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| Call sign | ZFDV |
| Construction number | 619 |
| Tonnage | 42.224 ton |
| Beam | 29m |
| Length overall | 216m |
| Year of construction | 1960 |
| Year of renaming/broken up | 1979 |
| Service for Shell | 1960 to 1979 |
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Emerillon
Sailors
| Name | Job | Period | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Turcotte | seaman | 1960 to 1965 | ordinary seaman able seaman boatswain |
| Andre Trottier | able seaman | 1960 to 1961 | |
| Rodney Henderson | passenger | 1960 to 1965 | My father was the first captain of the Emerillon but i only visited the ship once |
| Mike Homer | engineer steward | 1960 to 1961 | |
| Jack Richmond | fireman | 1961 to 1969 | fireman, oiler, junior engineer, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, enginer |
| Armand Landreville | radio operator | 1962 | as replacement |
| Laurie Hatfield | mate | 1965 to 1973 | cadet, 3rd. mate,2nd. mate |
| Carol Bradshaw | captain (commanding officer) | 1965 | My father, Carden Bradshaw, immediately succeeded Capt. Henderson as captian until he retired - not sure what date that was. |
| John Clement | apprentice ordinary seaman | 1965 | First trip, May 10, 1965, from Portland Maine. |
| Ronald N. Radford | 3rd officer | 1967 to 1970 | navigation cadet officer, 3rd officer |
| David Griffith | navigation cadet | 1967 to 1968 | navigation cadet officer |
| Gordon W. Thorpe | engineer | 1970 to 1976 | 6th,5th,4th,3rd,relief 2nd engineer |
| Gordon Laughland | radio officer | 1970 to 1971 | |
| Martin Corbett | engineer cadet | 1974 |
Anecdotes
| Date | Visitor | Anecdote |
|---|---|---|
| 12/01/2020 - 22:21 | John Clement |
In May, 1965, Richard Archer and I joined the Emerillon in Portland, Maine, to begin the greatest summer adventure ever. The fact that Richard's father, John Archer, was manager of Shell Canada Tankers may have had something to do with it. We stayed in the hospital cabin and worked with the deck crew chipping and painting for the most part. We sailed to Punta Cardon for Bunker C and then to Maracaibo to load crude. Then it was off to London to discharge the cargo at a tank farm in the Thames estuary before the ship went to Wallsend on Tyne for dry dock. The names I remember are Captain Bradshaw, 2nd Mate Emil Le Bars, 3rd Mate Charlie Barron, and radio operator Malcolm McNaughton. Gus Bell from Lunenburg, NS, was an engineer. Everybody from Captain Bradshaw to the Spanish boatswain who directed our work and the whole crew welcomed and guided us. I worked hard to pull my weight as the most ordinary of Ordinary Seamen. I've kept my Continuous Certificate of Discharge as a precious memento. |
| 12/01/2020 - 22:21 | John Clement |
In May, 1965, Richard Archer and I joined the Emerillon in Portland, Maine, to begin the greatest summer adventure ever. The fact that Richard's father, John Archer, was manager of Shell Canada Tankers may have had something to do with it. We stayed in the hospital cabin and worked with the deck crew chipping and painting for the most part. We sailed to Punta Cardon for Bunker C and then to Maracaibo to load crude. Then it was off to London to discharge the cargo at a tank farm in the Thames estuary before the ship went to Wallsend on Tyne for dry dock. The names I remember are Captain Bradshaw, 2nd Mate Emil Le Bars, 3rd Mate Charlie Barron, and radio operator Malcolm McNaughton. Gus Bell from Lunenburg, NS, was an engineer. Everybody from Captain Bradshaw to the Spanish boatswain who directed our work and the whole crew welcomed and guided us. I worked hard to pull my weight as the most ordinary of Ordinary Seamen. I've kept my Continuous Certificate of Discharge as a precious memento. |
| 11/01/2010 - 18:21 | Jack Richmond |
I think it was in the summer of 1962 we were enroute from Kuwait to Marsaille when we ran aground going between Corsica and Sardinia. We continued on to France and then returned to Valetta Malta for dry dock. Another time we were Southbound from Portland Maine to Puerto La Cruz Venezula and came upon the U.S. Navy blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. We were also in Nigeria when the Biafrian war was about to break out so we were sent to Las Palmas to await further orders. I was on the Rincon Hills for a year and a half and was then transferred to the Emerillon where I spent another eight years until I married and took a job ashore. My time sailing was a wonderful time and I often wonder what has become of the many friends and characters I spent those years with. |
| 10/23/2010 - 03:25 | Armand Landreville |
this was my first ship as radio operator |
| 10/23/2010 - 03:11 | Armand Landreville |
well this was my first ship as r/o and on the way back from venezuala |
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