HORN SHELL (2) | Helderline.com

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 15:52

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Completed 1931 as " HORN SHELL" for Anglo-Saxon. 26-7-1941 torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Barbarigo. Voyage Gibraltar to Curacao.

IMO number	1162671
Call sign	GRDW
Construction number	146
Tonnage	11.692 ton
Beam	19m
Length overall	139m
Year of construction	1931
Year of renaming/broken up	1941
Service for Shell	1931 to 1941
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	Deutsche Werft Hamburg Germany
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Permalink Submitted by Roy Kennedy on Wed, 02/12/2014 - 20:20

Permalink Submitted by PAT2541 on Tue, 11/16/2021 - 05:08

Name	Job	Period	Details
PAT2541	2nd Radio Operator	1941	Late father in law P. J. O'Hanlon (on board when torpedoed)

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
11/16/2021 - 05:08	PAT2541	My late Father-in-law was the 2nd Radio Officer on Horshell when she was torpedoed. Would be very interested in any information on the voyage and subsequent rescue.
02/12/2014 - 20:20	Roy Kennedy	My Dad Ken Kennedy sailed as an apprentice deck officer in around 1939 to 1940. He told me he always remembered hearing rivet heads snapping off whenever they were in rough weather. Apparently the steel used by the German builders was more brittle than steel used by other shipyards.