OMALA (1) | Helderline.com

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 14:19

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Completed 1938 as "OMALA" for La Corona. 14-5-1940 seized by Germans and renamed Worth. 1945 found in Oslo. Returned and repaired Antwerp. 26-3-1947 renamed "OMALA" for La Corona. 22-10-1959 arrived Blyth for scrap.

Also known as	Worth
IMO number	5614975
Call sign	PGMP
Construction number	1202
Tonnage	9.140 ton
Beam	17m
Length overall	136m
Year of construction	1938
Year of renaming/broken up	1959
Service for Shell	1938 to 1959
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	E and O class 9.200 ton
Flag state	Netherlands
Home port	's-Gravenhage
Manager	LA CORONA / Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona
Shipyard	Cantieri Riunti del Adriatico Shipyard Trieste Italy
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.

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740-508-6846

Permalink Submitted by Piet Cammel on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 19:16

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936-508-618

Permalink Submitted by Hans Douwes on Sun, 08/25/2013 - 00:38

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period
Piet Cammel	stuurmansleerling	1949 to 1950
Willem Dingemanse	3e stuurman	1952 to 1954
Hans Douwes	5e machinist	1952 to 1954
Van Der Woude	5th engineer	1954 to 1955
Wouter Bruinink	3rd engineer	1955
Jan Van Haaster	5th engineer	1957 to 1958
Adri Ad Verbeek 2	4th engineer	1958 to 1959
Dirk Wildeboer	5th engineer	1958 to 1959

Anecdotes

Date	Visitor	Anecdote
08/25/2013 - 00:38	Hans Douwes	During a delivery from Venezuela to Brisbane, Australie, the following happened to me. This was quite an event which I remember like yesterday! Neptunis, heerser over alles dat sich bevindt ten bovene en van ondere de zee, verklaert, in sijne sittinghe, gehouden a/b het M.S. "OMALA", op den 6den Jan.1954 Johannes, Theodorus, Nicolaas, Douwes, geboren den 26sten Jan. 1931 te Arnhem, met voldoendene uitslaeghe door mij werde gedoopt, ter verkrijginghe van den certificaete als officier ter Koopvaerdije. Grote Oceaan, Equator, 6den Jan. 1954 Bij den getuighenishe van e Etat-Major ms 'Omala". Signatures of: Gezagvoerder, 1ste, 2de, 3de Stuurman, Marconist, Hoofd Wertuigkundige, 2ed, 3de, 4de and 5de wektuigkundige. Signatures not very clear to provide real names.
04/29/2012 - 19:16	Piet Cammel	de OMALA lag in mei 1940 in Pernis en is in beslag genomen door de Duitse Kriegsmarine, voer toen met de naam WA?rth. Op 24-3-1944 zwaar beschadigd door torpedo van HMS Terrapin, gerepareerd. De omala is beschadigd teruggevonden in Oslo,(andere bronnen zeggen Kiel) 15-3-1946 aangekomen in Antwerpen voor reparatie. 26-3-1947 wederom in de vaart 22-10-1959 bij de sloopwerf Blyth U.K.