KUPHUS ex. SAN VALERIO

Submitted by Kees Helder on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 22:01

About

Completed 1913 as "SAN VALERIO" for Eagle Oil. 1936 sold to Anglo-Saxon for use as a hulk at Dakar. 1946 renamed "KUPHUS". 30-5-1953 arrived Sunderland for scrapping.

Also known as	San Valerio
IMO number	1135301
Call sign	GQXF
Construction number	830
Tonnage	6.433 ton
Beam	17m
Length overall	128m
Year of construction	1913
Year of renaming/broken up	1953
Service for Shell	1913 to 1953
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Chemical / Oil Product Tanker
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Comp. Newcastle on Tyne UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Alf Middleton	gunner	1940 to 1945
James Telfer Smith	standby engineer	1947