KAYESON | Helderline.com

Submitted by Kees Helder on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 16:54

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Completed 1961 as "KAYESON" for Kaye Tanker Management. (Originally ordered as Zonites). In 20 year time-charter for STUK. 1981 sold and renamed Aounallah. 1983 scrapped Karachi.

Also known as	Aounallah ZONITES
IMO number	5184306
Call sign	GGYE
Construction number	743
Tonnage	44.600 ton
Beam	30m
Length overall	217m
Year of construction	1961
Year of renaming/broken up	1983
Service for Shell	1961 to 1981
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	V-class 29.000 / 33.000 ton
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Shipbuilders Hebburn UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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852-1406-7287

Permalink Submitted by Terence York on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 20:35

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1068-1406-8277

Permalink Submitted by Paul Wilks on Wed, 11/19/2014 - 00:56

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Ali Abdi Hassan	supervisor	1956 to 1980	boss
John Cawley 1	2nd cook	1961
Terence York	catering boy	1962 to 1963
Frank Brant	assistant steward	1962
Michael Blair	unknown	1965 to 1966
Tony Hogan	2R/O	1965
William Clark	saloon steward	1965 to 1966
Jeremy Wilks	3rd engineer	1967 to 1968
John Carruthers	assistant steward	1972 to 1973
Tony Young Lofty	catering boy/galley boy	1972
Steven Scobie Storer	assistant steward	1972 to 1973
Don Moore	electrician	1975 to 1976

Anecdotes

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
11/19/2014 - 00:56	Paul Wilks	I was 4th. & 3rd. eng.in 1969.Due to the incompetence of a certain watchkeeper the entire stock of distilled water was contaminated and had to be bilged (45 tons).Weloaded a high wax cargo of crude in Miri for San Francisco. This required cargo heating because it solidies at ambient temp.Cargo heating results in a lot of distilled water losses, but we were just about able hold our own.Then the fwd evap. broke down and needed repair.The cargo heating could not be shut down because the cargo would have solidified.We had one distilled water tank with about 1 or 2 tons slopping about inthe bottom, when it disappeared out of the sightglass the watchkeeper would slow the main engine until water reappeared in the glass.We somehow made it to S.F.by the skin of our teeth.I was never so happy to be paid off in San francisco and fly home.Kayeson was a floating wreck that haunts me to this day.
02/10/2013 - 20:35	Terence York	I was on the Kayeson for six and a half months from 1962 to 1963 mainly on the Thames Haven to Kuwait run, also Tunisia and Rotterdam. Whilst in Port de Bouc, near Marseille we had a run ashore (as one does). The next morning we heard that the bosun had been found dead in the dock,by the ship. The word was that he was returning to the ship perhaps the worse for wear for drink when he was beaten up by the local Gendarmes. The next night some of the crew took it upon themselves to go ashore and cause a bit of bother. As a result all shore leave was stopped and apparently we were banned from entering France again (I have been back many times over the years). I can't put an exact date on this incident but I think it would be early 1963. If anyone can verify this or add to the story I would be grateful.