SAN WENCESLAO ex. EMPIRE AIRMAN

Submitted by Kees Helder on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 13:31

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Completed 1942 as Empire Airman for M.O.W.T. (Eagle Oil). 1946 to Eagle Oil and renamed "SAN WENCESLAO". 1959 scrapped Hong Kong.

Also known as	Empire Airman
IMO number	1169009
Call sign	BCWX
Construction number	739
Tonnage	9.813 ton
Beam	18m
Length overall	134m
Year of construction	1942
Year of renaming/broken up	1959
Service for Shell	1942 to 1959
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	San (Eagle Oil)
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	The Eagle Tanker Company Ltd
Shipyard	Sr. James Laing & Sons Ltd Sunderland
Status	Sailing / Sailed for The Eagle Tanker Company

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Permalink Submitted by Brian Long on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 21:58

Name	Job	Period	Details
Clifford Forbes...	3rd officer	1946
Desmond Doyle	1st mate	1952 to 1953
Fred Carr	fireman	1952 to 1953
Peter Riley	ordinary seaman	1953 to 1954
Brian Long	radio officer	1956
Tom Grieves	2nd mate	1956
Peter Lee Leo	deckhand	1958 to 1959
Phillip Walsh	deck apprentice	1958 to 1959	1st trip
Dave Howden	deck apprentice	1958 to 1959	1st trip
Malcolm W. Dent	deck apprentice	1959

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
12/30/2008 - 21:58	Brian Long	Nearly got caught in the Suez crisis 1956. Was bnd UK/Cont with cargo of crude from Basra when baloon went up. I handed the master - Capt JH Gay - a msg from the Admiralty telling all British merchant ships to stay clear of the canal. His reaction was to say "are you sure sparks?"!!! Within a short time there were tankers all over the sea (Gulf of Aden) not knowing where to go. Eventually we got orders to proceed UK/Cont via Cape Horn. The ole'man did not ask me that question again - by then I was pretty important aboard that ship!!! We got home to Liverpool just in time for Christmas - ah well.