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BOLMA

Submitted by Kees Helder on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 21:30

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	Crude and white oil products
Class	B-class 5.100 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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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

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