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MENA

Submitted by Kees Helder on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 09:50

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Completed 1966 as DONACILLA for STUK. 1976 to Thai Ocean Transport as MENA (managed by STUK). 26-11-1985 arrived Rayong for scrap.

Also known as	Donacilla
IMO number	6612271
Call sign	H..
Construction number	717
Tonnage	71.171 ton
Beam	34m
Length overall	244m
Year of construction	1966
Year of renaming/broken up	1985
Service for Shell	1976 to 1985
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	D-class 70.000 ton
Flag state	Thailand
Home port	Bangkok
Manager	Thai Ocean Transport (STUK)
Shipyard	J.L. Thompson & Sons Shipyard Sunderland UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Permalink Submitted by Robin Phillips on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 20:24

Name	Job	Period	Details
Kevin Blackburn	4th engineer	1975
Tony Ripper	3rd mate	1977
Phil Holt	5th engineer	1977	First Trip as 5th Engineer
kevinkstephenso...	deck cadet	1978	Last trip cadet
Alan Peat	5th engineer	1978 to 1981
Ian Falconer	deck cadet	1978
Robert Yuille	3rd engineer	1979
Robin Macleod	2nd mate	1979
Peter G. Furmston	radio officer	1980 to 1981
Francis Geary	5th engineer	1980 to 1981
Robert Hogg	2nd officer	1980
Paul Blackman	engineer cadet	1980
Colin Waddell	Engineer Cader	1980 to 1981
Peter Rogers	radio officer	1981
Richard Scott	engineer cadet	1981
Robin Phillips	engineer cadet	1981
Simon Holt 1	2nd mate	1982
Colin Gunn	engineer cadet	1982
Ash Bowron	deck apprentice	1982
Eduardo Santiago Vi	sailor a/b	1982 to 1983
Alan Judge	engine cadet	1982	2nd trip cadet
Des Brookes	catering offficer	1983
Jonathan Rushton	chief officer	1983
Brian Graham	chief engineer	1983
Chris Rogers	engineer cadet	1983
David Nesom	catering offficer	1984
Andy House	2nd engineer	1984 to 1985
John Holmes	2nd mate	1984
Peter Wright	5th engineer	1984
Saravuth Chantr...	engineer cadet	1985
Adrian Ridley	radio officer	1985	to scrap
Bernard Reynolds	captain (commanding officer)	1985

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
04/02/2012 - 20:24	Robin Phillips	Joined Pataya Thailand in Oct(?) 1981. Lifeboats had just been robbed by locals of all drugs. Sailed for Gulf, ran aground entering Mombassa with pilot aboard, came off on the next tide. Movac never worked so never enough fresh water. Every unit on engine pulled over 6 months or so, several days adrift on one occasion. Boiler feed pump blew up Christmas day 19080, unfortunately Shell had replacement waiting in Sydney when we docked New Year's Day, so no shore leave for the enginneers. Ship was a wreck but the most fun of all my brief sea time. Paid off Singapore Feb 1981. Anyone who sailed the same time will remember Captain who had his wife on board, and Purser, who was tea toatal, who decided to stock up on Tusker Beer in Mombassa. The rule was, drink a Tusker before yu could have a Tiger.