| Also known as | Ackia |
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| IMO number | 2247786 |
| Call sign | GBMG |
| Construction number | 338 |
| Tonnage | 16.678 ton |
| Beam | 21m |
| Length overall | 169m |
| Year of construction | 1945 |
| Year of renaming/broken up | 1961 |
| Service for Shell | 1947 to 1961 |
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Sailors
| Name | Job | Period | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas M.C. Renton | apprentice | 1950 to 1951 | |
| William Lockhart | efficient deckhand | 1950 | |
| John Williams | senior ordinary seaman | 1951 | |
| Dusty Miller | able seaman | 1953 | |
| Eric Phillips | 3rd mate | 1953 to 1954 | |
| David Dunlop | efficient deckhand | 1954 to 1955 | |
| Dave Chissel | 5th engineer | 1954 to 1955 | 1st trip |
| Douglas Allan | able seaman | 1954 | |
| George Wilson | deck apprentice | 1955 to 1956 | |
| John Burrows | cabin boy | 1955 to 1956 | |
| James D. Jim Auton | apprentice engineer | 1956 | 1st trip |
| David Gareth Wh... | 2nd mate | 1956 | |
| Glyn Howell | apprentice | 1956 | |
| Ian Westworth | deck apprentice | 1957 to 1958 | |
| Rodger Laycock | deck apprentice | 1957 to 1958 | |
| Anonymous | chief steward | 1957 | Moved by Shell to Trochiscus until Rosyth lay-up |
| Peter Riley | able seaman | 1957 | |
| Neville James M... | 5th engineer | 1957 | |
| John B. Heazlewood | engineer | 1957 | engineer (supernumery) Singapore to Melbourne |
| Peter Hughes | 4th engineer | 1957 | |
| Eric Hasnip | assistant steward | 1958 | |
| Eric Hasnip | cabin boy | 1958 | |
| John Bernard | 2nd steward | 1960 |
Anecdotes
| Date | Visitor | Anecdote |
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| 08/10/2017 - 13:24 | Anonymous |
I started as a Kitchen/Galley boy and then ended up Chief Steward/Purser. Of all the ships I sailed on Cargo and Passenger the m.t "Tagelus" with Captain John Davidson from Johnshaven, Scotland was the happiest ship I ever sailed on. She was a T2 Turbo Electric Tanker and very quiet. I was Chief Steward from 27th April 1957 (joined Birkenhead) until 15th November 1957 (Left Cardiff) to join the Trochiscus and I stayed on the "Troch" until she was laid-up in Rosyth and scrapped in March 1958. I then joined the mt "Hadra" in June 1958 and met up with Capt Davidson again and left her and came ashore in Middlesborough in March 1959. I then joined a ship supply company and have been in this trade ever since, but I retired some years ago as now 86. I spent 12 happy years at sea travelling the world for free and getting paid and fed! HAPPY HAPPY DAYS. The Chief Officer on the Hadra Joe Bodle was a good friend but cannot seem to trace him. Jamie Flett was the Chief Engineer. |
| 05/19/2009 - 21:43 | Jim Rollinson |
I joined Tagelus in September 1953 in Dry Dock in Birkenhead as 5th Engineer and left her in Harburg in September 1954. Our Chief Engineer was Andrew Phillips who was succeeded by THM Anderson. Our Master was Captain TLGreen who was taken ill in January1954 and we had to put him ashore in the Azores. Captain J Brittain joined the ship in Curacao. A happy ship but troubled with some crew unrest which ended with one of the lifeboats being damaged. I am sure Third Mate Eric Phillips will remember this incident. |
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