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DONACILLA (2)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sat, 04/18/2015 - 16:00
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Completed 1966 as "DONACILLA" for STUK. 1976 sold to Thai Ocean Transport (TOTCO) and renamed "MENA" (managed by STUK). 26-1-1985 arrived Rayong for scrap.

Also known as
MENA
IMO number
6612271
Call sign
GRYE
Construction number
717
Tonnage
71.171 ton
Beam
34m
Length overall
244m
Year of construction
1966
Year of renaming/broken up
1985
Service for Shell
1966 to 1976
Cargo
Crude
Class
D-class 70.000 ton
Flag state
Great Britain
Home port
London
Manager
Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard
J.L. Thompson & Sons Shipyard Sunderland UK
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK
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MENA ex. DONACILLA
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Submitted by Maria on Tue, 11/28/2017 - 17:36

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
John Melville 5th engineer 1966 to 1967 Stood by while building
Don Weston radio officer 1966 Joined at the builders yard in Sunderland November '66 and left at Tilbury July '67. Awful vibration when light ship.
Ian Stretton Walker 2nd mate 1966 to 1967
David Rayfield 2nd mate 1967 to 1968
Malcolm Newell 5th engineer 1967 paid off at gtee dd palmers hebburn
Chris Spencer extra 3rd mate 1967
Jim Ryan Sigma4 radio officer 1968 to 1969
Harry Foster 5th engineer 1968
John Cumming 2nd mate 1969
John Melville 3rd engineer 1970
Noel McConnell 5th engineer 1970
Mike Christensen apprentice, 4th engineer 1970 to 1973
Noel McConnell 5th engineer 1970
Brian Bailey 2nd mate 1970
Donald Travis chief officer 1971
John Lewindon 5th engineer 1971 to 1972
Iain Gillie Campbell apprentice engineer/5th engineer 1971 to 1972
Peter Gould engineer cadet/5th engineer 1972 to 1973
William Muirhead 2nd mate 1972
Les Straughan 5th engineer 1973
Jonathan Rushton deck cadet 1973
Derek Wallace D... chief officer 1973
Andrew Price deck cadet 1973
Roy Robertson 3rd mate 1974 to 1975
Paul Fuller navigation cadet 1974
Kevin Blackburn 4th engineer 1974 to 1975
Damian Battman engineer cadet 1975
Trevor P Carpenter deck cadet 1975 to 1974
Stephen Bunce 5th engineer 1976
David Atkinson radio officer 1976
Hugh Cromie 2nd mate 1976
Ron Frend 5th engineer 1976
Kerrion Marsh 2nd engineer 1976
Steve Czerwionka 3rd engineer 1978
Saravuth Chantr... engineer cadet 1984 to 1985

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
11/28/2017 - 17:36 Maria

any interest in bidding on vintage artifacts from the launching of the "Donacilla" in 1966 may go online to bid begining december 12 2017 google clearing house estate sales & sign on for auction "the estate of Mrs. Maria Spaght"