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NINELLA

Submitted by Kees Helder on Wed, 04/22/2015 - 13:57

About

Completed 1943 as "NINELLA" for STUK. 3-1966 scrapped Kaohsiung after use as hulk.

IMO number	1168426
Call sign	GFCM
Construction number	70
Tonnage	12.134 ton
Beam	18m
Length overall	147m
Year of construction	1943
Year of renaming/broken up	1966
Service for Shell	1943 to 1966
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	N-class 12.000 ton
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Blythswood Shipbuilding Glasgow Scotland
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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752-694-6909

Permalink Submitted by Trisha Sundin on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 05:45

787-694-202

Permalink Submitted by Neil Porter on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 23:34

1122-694-8544

Permalink Submitted by Derek Andrews on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 02:18

1371-694-9388

Permalink Submitted by Kari Salmi on Tue, 12/12/2017 - 17:49

Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Arthur Victor Mant	pumpman	1943
Brian Horsman	cabin boy	1948 to 1949
Dennis Herbert ...	2nd cook and baker	1948 to 1949
William John Boyd	engineer	1951
Alan Makinson	apprentice engineer	1954 to 1955
Derek Andrews	deck boy	1955	1st trip
Harold Hirst	2nd cook and baker	1955
Jack Beaumont	3rd mate	1955
Mike Offord	deck apprentice	1957 to 1958
Arthur Tuffee	apprentice engineer	1957
Frank Fish	3rd mate	1958 to 1959
John Leigh	sparks radio officer	1958 to 1960
Robert James Allen	3rd mate	1959
John Chapman 3	5th engineer	1959
David John Turner	5th engineer	1960 to 1961
Bryan Staton	radio officer	1960 to 1961
Peter Dunderdale	3rd engineer	1962 to 1963
Eric Phillips	chief officer	1964 to 1965
James Macintyre	3rd mate	1964
Desmond Doyle	master	1964 to 1965
Neil Porter	3rd mate	1965

Anecdotes

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
12/12/2017 - 17:49	Kari Salmi	It was during 1950 that this ship had an accident in Helsinki Harbour. Even the Pilot in charge ordered the ships destination correctly,the ship had a collision against the pier. It was the ships engines that malfunctioned during the operation. I have the report from that time, my grandfather was the pilot in charge.
07/07/2015 - 02:18	Derek Andrews	Hi I joined the Ninella at thames Haven straight out of the sea school in Gravesend..I was sixteen YO..And did not have a clue what I was letting myself into.. Not an experience I would like to repeat,but after joining the Ninella,We sailed off to Rotterdam then onto Le Harve then across to Curacao through the Panama to Yokosuka in Japan.. The Ninella had a nasty habit of breaking down in some awkward places the first was off Hawaii in a pretty rough storm for about twenty four hours..Fortunately I had got over sea sickness by then..., We did a lot of ducking and diving round the far east to some strange places for several months and a lot of journeys up a river in the middle of Sumatra to the Dutch oil refinery. I see in the list of crew members that the second cook is shown ..I cannot remember his name after all these years but I wonder if he remembers the monkey I gave him when we arrived back in Liverpool that I bought in Sumatra? Altogether after returning to the UK it was about ten and a half months. I stayed on the Ninella for a quick trip to the Carribean I Then returned to Liverpool and Payed Off.. After Taking my leave,I was flown out to Join the "Patella" in Curacao. We spent a month in dry dock in Willenstad then Went on the bitumen run up and down the east coast of the USA for approx 5-6 months.with an odd trip to Lake Maracaibo.. I hope this brings some memories to some old ship mates that may still be around.I now live in NZ with my family have been here for 40 years..
10/01/2012 - 23:34	Neil Porter	I was onboard from Singapore in 1965 to Nha Be, the tank farm outside Saigon, the year the US decided to fight, rather than advise. We were there as storage tanker while new storage tanks were being built. I was onboard as 3rd mate for 5 months with Captain Cush and his wife, amongst others. We befriended the local US advisers who used to invite us over for movies! and we played soccer on the terminal's pitch, sometimes the kids joined in numbering us 1-10 in order of favouritism, not position on the field. Some of us swam in the polluted river and suffered no ill effects. And when another ship took our berth our main activity was playing Ludo in the mate's cabin. (besides a little time on anchor watch!) All of that with 100% war bonus! Later the yanks made it into a base for their river navy and even later I read a book by a Viet Cong sappper who attacked the tank farm, well after I left.
06/10/2012 - 05:45	Trisha Sundin	My father, Geoffrey Cush, was the master who took Ninella to scrapping in 1966. I have the ship's bell.