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CAPULUS

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 14:55

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Completed 1950 as "CAPULUS" for STUK. 1959 sold as "CAPULUS" to Deutsche Shell. 26-1-1975 arrived Pusan for scrapping.

IMO number	5063045
Call sign	DALJ
Construction number	1614
Tonnage	29.736 ton
Beam	26m
Length overall	184m
Year of construction	1950
Year of renaming/broken up	1975
Service for Shell	1950 to 1975
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Cap class 29.700 / 50.000 ton
Flag state	Germany
Home port	Hamburg
Manager	Deutsche Shell Tanker Gmbh
Shipyard	Bethlehem Steel Corporation USA
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Deutsche Shell Tanker Gesellschaft / DSTG

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
James Telfer Smith	4th engineer	1950
John Major	pumpman	1950	maiden voyage
Stanley Davies	radio officer	1951
James Telfer Smith	2nd engineer	1952 to 1953
John Lyne	deck apprentice	1953
Don Macgregor	steward	1953 to 1954
Don Macgregor	steward	1953 to 1954
Peter Cross 1	steward	1954 to 1955
Charles H.stedall	efficient deckhand	1954 to 1955
Leslie Stocker	able seaman	1954 to 1955
Charles Rowbottom	4th engineer	1954 to 1956
Marnoch S. Thomson	apprentice engineer	1955 to 1956
George Bell	4th mate	1955
Dennis Hart	radio officer	1955 to 1956
Frederick Jones	apprentice engineer	1956
Frank Fish	deck apprentice	1956 to 1957
Roland Mackenzi...	deck apprentice	1957 to 1958
John Shellien	engineer cadet	1957 to 1958
Peter Dobson 2	pantryboy	1958	galley/pantry
Joe Carter	apprentice engineer	1958 to 1959
Martin Flemming	matrose	1963 to 1964
Wolfgang Schonbeck	3rd officer	1965 to 1966
Heinz Fuchsstadt	boatsmen	1969
Paul Burkhardt	cleaner	1969
Manfred Toensfeldt	2nd mate	1969 to 1970
Paul Burkhardt	cleaner	1969
Gerhard Barten	radio officer	1970
Reinhold Joost	funkoffizier	1971
Hartmut Moeller	chief engineer	1972
Reinhold Joost	funkoffizier	1972 to 1973
Jan Jannsen	2nd mate	1973
A.L. Nagel	radio officer	1973
A.L. Nagel	radio officer	1974 to 1975
Manfred Lauster	able seaman	1974 to 1975
Rolf Matuszak	2nd mate	1974

Anecdotes

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
10/26/2015 - 03:35	Stanley Davies	Served aboard Capulus on arrival in UK from Bethlehem Steel bound Persian Gulf . under command of Captain Lee. One/two days out from Suez Canal, one of two boilers failed - the vessel was prevented from entering Suez Canal and was diverted to Beruit. Vessel departed Beruit for Le Havre, accompanied by Dutch Tug "Thames". Tug had difficulty keeping up with Capulus doing a speed of 14 knots on one boiler! Arrived in Le Havre safely. Capt Lee's wife and my wife (married just prior to joining Capulus) arrived at dock side as Capulus was berthing. After discharge Capulus departed Le Havre for Belfast for repairs, with my wife aboard. First night in English Channel, 2nd Officer caused the Auto Alarm to activate. 0030! My cabin was fitted with an alarm bell more suitable for a Fire Station. (I had never heard it before this night) Needless to say, I almost hit the all steel bulk head with fright. Rushing up the steel gangway to the radio room (The Auto Alarm sounding, indicating a vessel in distress} At the top of the companion way, stood the 2nd Officer laughing his head off! The penny dropped - there was no ship in distress! My dear wife, only 18, continuing our honeymoon aboard Capulus . . . Oh what a night! We departed Capulus in Belfast, flew Belfast/London (our home port) her first airplane flight, and enjoying life as was Elizabeth Taylor, married the same day as we were. My dear wife passed away in 2001 after 51 years of marriage. I am now 87,living Gold Coast, Australia.

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