ORTINA SHELL ex. OWEENEE

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sat, 10/14/2017 - 19:44

About

Completed 1891 as four-masted barque Oweena for Mahon London. 1918 purchased by Anglo-Saxon and renamed "ORTINA SHELL". Converted as a twin-screw motor tanker. 1937 sold to Shell Egypt as a storage vessel. 1946 scrapped Egypt.

Also known as	Oweenee
IMO number	1100264
Call sign	GQFV
Construction number	393
Tonnage	2.603 ton
Beam	14m
Length overall	101m
Year of construction	1891
Year of renaming/broken up	1946
Service for Shell	1918 to 1946
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	Richardson Duck & Co Shipyard Stockton on Tees
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Douglas M.C. Renton	passenger	1938	Son of o.i.c (aged 4yrs)