BOLMA

About

Completed 1945 as Empire Ganges for M.O.W.T. (Everard and Sons). 1946 purchased by Anglo-Saxon and renamed "BOLMA". 1955 sold to F.T. Everard & Sons and renamed Astrality. 1965 sold Bollerino Italy and renamed Monte Berico. 11-1978 arrived Spezia for scrap.

Also known as
Empire Ganges
Astrality
Monte Berico
IMO number
5027699
Call sign
GCFJ
Construction number
636
Tonnage
5.143 ton
Beam
16m
Length overall
119m
Year of construction
1945
Year of renaming/broken up
1978
Service for Shell
1946 to 1955
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
Photo(s)

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Ivan Blunt chief radio officer 1946 to 1947
James Telfer Smith engineer 1946 standby engineer Port Sunlight
Derek Peter Franklin deck apprentice 1949 to 1951
John Howard Mumford deck apprentice 1950 to 1951
William John Boyd engineer 1951
Ron Saunders engineer 1952 to 1953