OSCILLA (2)

About

Completed 1963 as "OSCILLA" for STUK. (Originally ordered by Eagle Oil as San Delfino). 1969 sold to Allamanda Bermuda and renamed Burland. 11-9-1975 arrived Kaohsiung for scrap.

Also known as
San Delfino
Burland
IMO number
5421871
Call sign
GHYV
Construction number
1289
Tonnage
53.739 ton
Beam
31m
Length overall
228m
Year of construction
1963
Year of renaming/broken up
1975
Service for Shell
1963 to 1969
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
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Sailors

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
09/15/2011 - 16:39 Thomas P. Hughes

'Oscilla' refitted at Malta and had flume stabilisation fitted for trial. Two sets of wing tanks and their centre tank were made common across the width of the vessel by the cutting out of selected sections of bulkhead steel. Bilge keels were also removed. Vessel made trials in Gulf of Aden to see how the system worked in heavy weather. Principle was essentially good but synchronisation was out of step at times resulting in extreme rolling. Returned to malta and had bulkhead sections replaced and bilge keels refitted.
Took the lifeboat out to sea and ran the measured mile for a giggle ... 6.2 knots.