CRENELLA ex. MONTCALM | Helderline.com

Submitted by Kees Helder on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 11:48

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Completed 1897 as Montcalm for British-African S.S. Liverpool. 1903 sold to Canadian Pacific Railway. 1914 taken over Admirality. 1916 converted to a tanker and sold to Anglo-Saxon. Renamed "CRENELLA". 1917 to Shipping Controller. 1923 sold to Neilsen Whaling Norway for conversion to whaling depot ship and renamed Rey Alfonso. 1927 sold to Anglo Norse Haugesund and renamed Anglo Norse. 1929 sold Falklands Whaling and renamed Polar Chief. 1941 renamed Empire Chief. 1946 sold Salvesen Leith and renamed Polar Chief. 29-4-1952 arrived Dalmuir for scrap.

Also known as	Montcalm Rey Alfonso Anglo Norse Polar Chief Empire Chief
IMO number	1106869
Call sign	GFMT
Construction number	724
Tonnage	7.166 ton
Beam	18m
Length overall	148m
Year of construction	1897
Year of renaming/broken up	1952
Service for Shell	1916 to 1917
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Chemical / Oil Product Tanker
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Comp. Newcastle on Tyne UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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