| Also known as | Cahawba |
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| IMO number | 2245695 |
| Call sign | GBMN |
| Construction number | 278 |
| Tonnage | 16.678 ton |
| Beam | 21m |
| Length overall | 169m |
| Year of construction | 1944 |
| Year of renaming/broken up | 1961 |
| Service for Shell | 1947 to 1961 |
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TECTARIUS ex. CAHAWBA
Sailors
| Name | Job | Period | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Dallimore | senior ordinary seaman | 1947 | |
| Bruce Devlin | 3rd engineer | 1948 to 1949 | |
| George Wilson | deck apprentice | 1952 to 1953 | |
| Anthony. P. Dwyer | efficient deckhand | 1953 to 1954 | seaman (edh) |
| Richard Addicott | able seaman | 1953 to 1954 | |
| Jack Higgs | 3rd engineer | 1955 | |
| Christopher Butcher | catering steward | 1955 | |
| Chris Copeland | deck apprentice | 1955 to 1956 | |
| John Rex Winsor | apprentice | 1955 to 1956 | |
| Douglas Mccoy | catering steward | 1956 | |
| Bob Parker | 5th engineer | 1957 to 1958 | |
| Doug Hart | apprentice engineer | 1958 to 1959 | |
| John Howard Mumford | 2nd mate | 1959 |
Anecdotes
| Date | Visitor | Anecdote |
|---|---|---|
| 09/03/2009 - 11:25 | Christopher Butcher |
I also was a crew member on Tectarius in the 1950,s. I am now 73. On the Tectarius I was one of two Ships Stewards. I remember leaving the American or Canadian Northeast coast in late winter. The ship had been told to" go now or be iced in solid ,till next spring". We did go, but in the following days went through the worst storms that anyone on board could remember. I remember one of the deck Engineers saying it was worse than the seas in the film "The Caine Mutiny." The waves were like rolling foaming mountains. We headed straight into them & as they crashed over the ship they froze on the rigging. It was freezing and the ship turned white with thick encrusted ice. As the ship crested the waves, then bore down into the troughs, she would shudder from side to side going ever deeper till the front end sometimes disappeared before being flung up again. The engines stopped at one time & we were in danger. In our stewards cabin the porthole burst in & flooded the cabin floor with freezing water. The engines were restarted & I remember taking tea to the bridge officers dressed in a cardboard box & struggling along the centre walkway. Tectarius was a happy ship. |
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