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ERODONA (2)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sat, 04/11/2015 - 21:32
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Completed 1978 as "ERODONA" for STUK. 1990 as "ERODONA" to Shell Tankers Rotterdam. 1995 sold to Humber Shipping and renamed Normar Sovereign. 1997 renamed Champion Trader. 1998 sold to Thome Shipping. 2002 sold to Genoa Shipping. 2007 scrapped Chittagong.

Also known as
Normar Sovereign
Champion Trader
IMO number
7504055
Call sign
GXXQ / ELJF4
Construction number
1121
Tonnage
30.990 ton
Beam
26m
Length overall
169m
Year of construction
1978
Year of renaming/broken up
2007
Service for Shell
1978 to 1995
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
E-class 31.000 ton
Flag state
Liberia
Home port
Monrovia
Manager
Shell Tankers Rotterdam Holland
Shipyard
Saint John Shipbuilding St. John Canada
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.
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Submitted by Gerrit Jan Harlaar on Sun, 09/28/2014 - 00:23

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Mike Mills engineer cadet 1977
Robert Yuille 3rd engineer 1978
Doug Macintyre deck cadet 1979
Graham Lister 5th engineer 1979
Adrian Ridley radio officer 1980
Chris Grimson 3rd mate 1980
Iain James engineer cadet 1980
Gordon Macdonald engineer cadet 1980
Stephen Bellamy engineer cadet 1980 to 1981
Mike Browne 2nd mate 1980 to 1981
Bill Parker 2nd mate 1980
Bill Glaister 3rd mate 1981
Mike Gordine 2nd mate 1981
Michael Murphy 1 deck cadet 1981 to 1982
Alan Brock deck cadet 1982
Mark Perkin cadet 1982
Siu Ming Tam chief steward 1982 to 1983
Mark Hill deck cadet 1983
Robert Yuille 3rd engineer 1983
Christopher Wat... engineer cadet 1983
Tony Gouldbourne Cpo chief petty officer 1983 to 1985
Neil Doyle cadet 1983
Keith Roberts senior radio officer 1983
Peter G. Furmston radio officer 1983
Adrian Cottenham engineer cadet 1984 2nd trip, visited most of Caribbean, main port Curaçao. Nice little ship for getting in places. Six month stint.
Ian Draper steward 1984 to 1985
Iain Wysner able seaman 1984 to 1985
Joseph Zerafa 3rd mate 1984
Herbert Rintoul supervisor 1984 p.o Supervisor
Stephen Mccraith deck cadet 1984
John Pickering cook steward 1984
Tommy Golling 2nd cook and baker 1984 to 1985
Malcolm Freeman gp/steward 1984 to 1985
John P M Cusson captain (commanding officer) 1985
Brian Graham chief engineer 1985
Sean Marsh grade 1 seaman 1985
Anthony Fozzy H... able seaman (grade 1) 1985 to 1986
Neil Warren able seaman 1985
Geoffrey Forster 2 cook steward 1985 to 1987
David Beeston 2nd engineer 1986
Paul Hagan po deck 1986 to 1987
Majid A. Kadir trainee radio officer 1986
Gary Unsworth junior catering rating 1986 to 1987
Tony Waddington able seaman 1986 to 1988
Robin Buncombe 2nd engineer 1986 to 1987
Nigel Draffin 2 extra chief engineer 1986
Graham Gould 4th engineer 1986
Robert Yuille 2nd engineer 1987
Carl Ainsley 3rd engineer 1987 to 1988
Mike Mahon gp 1 seaman 1987
Bernard Reynolds captain (commanding officer) 1987
Keith Roberts radio officer 1987 to 1988
Steven Matthews mate 1988 to 1989
Malcolm Freeman 2nd/ck 1988 to 1989
Chris Rogers 4th engineer 1988
Dave Freeman chief officer 1989 to 1994
Andy Pope cadet 1990 to 1992
Frans Koens chief engineer 1990 to 1991
Sugiman cpo - sbm 1990 to 1991
Stephen Spenser gp 1 1990
Henri Van Den E... mo 4 1991 mo 4t
Frans Koens superintendent 1991
Wilh. C. Moll captain (commanding officer) 1992
Willem Terpstra leerling 1992 to 1993
John Tallon messman/cook/steward 1992 to 1994
John Kalkman hoofdwerktuigkundige 1993 to 1994
Mohamad Tohir Laisa safety officer 1993
Chris Slieker 2 safety officer 1993
Paul Van Run cadet 1994 to 1995
Folkert Visser leerling 1994 to 1995
Gerrit Jan Harlaar 2nd engineer 1994
Chris Slieker 2 master 1994 to 1995
Rients Agema master 1995
Gerrit Jan Harlaar 2nd engineer 1995
Cornelis Ganur 4th engineer 1995

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
09/28/2014 - 00:23 Gerrit Jan Harlaar

Zat in Nov 1995 als 2e WTK op de "Erodona" (op weg naar Fujairah) toen het generatordeel van het hoofdschakelbord uitbrandde. Ondanks veel problemen met de noodgenerator toch op eigen kracht Fujairah gehaald. Tijdens reparatie van het schakelbord werd bekend dat het schip verkocht was; hoop werk voor niets geweest (:.