| IMO number | 1180975 |
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| Call sign | GLFF |
| Construction number | 83 |
| Tonnage | 12.762 ton |
| Beam | 18m |
| Length overall | 147m |
| Year of construction | 1946 |
| Year of renaming/broken up | 1956 |
| Service for Shell | 1946 to 1956 |
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NERITOPSIS
Sailors
| Name | Job | Period | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Sowter | deck apprentice | 1948 to 1950 | |
| Frank G Bragge | 3rd engineer | 1948 | |
| Eric Knight | fireman | 1948 to 1949 | engine room, fireman, wiper trimmer |
| H.f. White | 2nd engineer | 1948 to 1949 | |
| James A. Smith | 2nd cook and baker | 1951 to 1952 | |
| Gordon Benny | 5th engineer | 1953 | |
| Tom Lynch | radio officer | 1954 to 1955 | |
| Jim Gallacher | 4th engineer | 1955 to 1956 | |
| David G Williams | deck apprentice | 1955 to 1956 | |
| Jack Beaumont | deck apprentice | 1955 | |
| Norman Mason | 5th engineer | 1956 |
Anecdotes
| Date | Visitor | Anecdote |
|---|---|---|
| 08/14/2010 - 12:25 | Alan Knight |
When I sailed with Capt. Eric Brown in around 1971, he told me that he had been on "Neritopsis" when it "discovered" the Neritopsis Rock.He said that they were on their way from Borneo to Japan. At first light, breakers were seen ahead. The OOW threw the wheel hard over, but "Neritopsis" hit the reef.The sea was calm, and everyone abandoned ship safely, except for the Chinese carpenter, who drowned.When I sailed as 3/O in "Gadinia" in 1972, she was equipped with satnav, (which was the size of a domestic refrigerator) and it revealed that the tide rushing into, or out of, the Balabac Strait in/out of the Sulu Sea, sets up extremely powerful E-W sets. It is my belief that "Neritopsis", was affected by such an Eastbound set, and at 12? knots over-the-ground had been set far inshore of her DR track during the hours of darkness.Alan Knight |
| 05/21/2010 - 11:48 | Eric Knight |
I struck the Captain, (the oldman), in the September 1949 and was kicked off the ship and sent to Changi Prison. |
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