IRIS

Submitted by Kees Helder on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 13:28

About

Completed 1919 as "IRIS" for La Corona. 1936 to N.I.T. 15.2.1942 scuttled Palembang raised and reused by Japanese Kikusui Maru. 24.10.1944 torpedoed by USS Snook and sunk Palembang

Also known as	Kikusui Maru
IMO number	5604380
Call sign	PCLT / PEXO
Construction number	708
Tonnage	5.377 ton
Beam	15m
Length overall	100m
Year of construction	1919
Year of renaming/broken up	1944
Service for Shell	1919 to 1942
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Chemical / Oil Product Tanker
Flag state	Netherlands
Home port	's-Gravenhage
Manager	LA CORONA / Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona
Shipyard	Scheepswerf Gebroeders Pot Bolnes Holland
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.

Photo(s)

Name	Job	Period	Details
Pieter Koops	3rd officer/mate	1928
J. Chr. Van Der Bijl	2nd engineer	1939 to 1940

Sailors