SAN LEOPOLDO (2) ex. TRESUS

Submitted by Kees Helder on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 10:14

About

Completed 1944 as Laurel Hill for U.S.M.C. 1947 purchased by STUK and renamed "TRESUS". 1949 sold to Eagle Oil and renamed "SAN LEOPOLDO". 26-1-1961 arrived Inverkeithing for scrap.

Also known as	Tresus
IMO number	2246799
Call sign	G...
Construction number	98
Tonnage	16.478 ton
Beam	21m
Length overall	160m
Year of construction	1944
Year of renaming/broken up	1961
Service for Shell	1947 to 1949
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	San (Eagle Oil)
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	The Eagle Tanker Company Ltd
Shipyard	Kaiser Inc.Portland Oregon USA
Status	Sailing / Sailed for The Eagle Tanker Company

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Permalink Submitted by George Miller Barker on Fri, 12/21/2012 - 05:16

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period
Eric Bennett	junior ordinary seaman	1948
Desmond Doyle	unknown	1949 to 1950
Arthur R. Geake	cadet	1950 to 1951
Kenneth Morris	deckhand (d.h.u.)	1956 to 1957
Peter Hay-smith	2nd officer	1957
Don W. Draycott	electrician	1957 to 1958
Barry Mckay	3rd mate	1958
John Robert Owens	deck boy	1959 to 1960
George Miller Barker	deck boy/junior ordinary seaman	1959 to 1960
Malcolm Keith Green	assistant steward	1959 to 1960

Anecdotes

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
12/21/2012 - 05:16	George Miller Barker	wason the ship in cuba when castro took the place and closed everything down gb