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COWRIE (2)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 15:55
About

Completed 1931 as "COWRIE" for Anglo-Saxon. 1948 sold to Springwell Shipping and renamed Springwave. 1951 sold to Compagnia Maritime and renamed Aspra. 1956 sold to Pifransicula Italy and renamed Francescu. 18-2-1960 arived Spezia for scrap.

Also known as
Springwave
Aspra
Fransescu
IMO number
1162651
Call sign
GQKJ
Construction number
242
Tonnage
12.650 ton
Beam
18m
Length overall
147m
Year of construction
1931
Year of renaming/broken up
1960
Service for Shell
1931 to 1948
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
Twin Screw 12.000 ton
Flag state
Great Britain
Home port
London
Manager
Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard
Cantieri Riunti del Adriatico Shipyard Trieste Italy
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK
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Photo(s)

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Alan Pringle apprentice officer age 15 1941 First and only trip from Curaco, New York and UK
Derek Greenhough apprentice 1943
James Bays Perf junior engineer 1945