| Also known as | Fort Matanzas |
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| IMO number | 2246201 |
| Call sign | GFKB |
| Construction number | 79 |
| Tonnage | 16.478 ton |
| Beam | 21m |
| Length overall | 169m |
| Year of construction | 1944 |
| Year of renaming/broken up | 1960 |
| Service for Shell | 1947 to 1960 |
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TROCHISCUS
Sailors
| Name | Job | Period | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Everett ... | signalman | 1943 to 1946 | Signamlan flags, armed guard usn |
| Ian Ross | deck apprentice | 1949 to 1950 | |
| David Gareth Wh... | 4th mate | 1950 to 1951 | |
| Donald Jones No... | catering boy/galley boy | 1952 to 1953 | |
| John Binstead | catering boy/galley boy | 1955 to 1956 | |
| John W Curry | 3rd officer | 1955 to 1956 | |
| John Lyne | deck apprentice | 1955 | |
| Donald Armstrong | apprentice | 1955 | |
| Graham Andrews | radio officer | 1955 | |
| Bernard Fendt | apprentice engineer | 1957 | |
| David Revis | deck apprentice | 1958 to 1959 | |
| David Revis | deck apprentice | 1958 to 1959 | |
| Graham Cunliffe Fred | deck apprentice | 1958 to 1959 | |
| Alex Murphy | fireman | 1959 to 1960 |
Anecdotes
| Date | Visitor | Anecdote |
|---|---|---|
| 11/27/2011 - 11:38 | Marnoch Thomson |
Trochiscus - I was Third Engineer on the Halia in 1959 when we towed her for five days fully loaded from somewhere in the Indian Ocean to Trincomalee in Ceylon - she had sustained some kind of catastrophic engine problem but nobody was hurt as far as I know. We were paid salvage money according to our salary which was a lovely bonus and the handsome cheque arrived just before Christmas.The procedure carried out in doing this tow was for many years adopted as the standard recommended procedure in Lloyds Underwriters manual. |
| 08/22/2011 - 14:52 | Graham Cunliffe Fred |
in 1959 when crossing the indian ocean i woke up on my feet when the turbines ran away and exploded sending blades through the engine room walls. we were adrift for about eight days before we discharged cargo into a norwegian tanker and then we were taken in tow by the shell tanker halia, my previous ship. we were towed to ceylon from where i was transferred to the eastern fleet in singapore. |
| 07/07/2009 - 21:40 | Eugene Everett ... |
1944 Ulithi Island and port (half way from States to PI)a suberged mine rubbed the port side while underway. Divereted my attention from fighting with a gull, about to crap on my flag bag! |
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