POMELLA (1)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 21:54

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Completed 1937 as "POMELLA" for Anglo-Saxon. 9-7-1942 torpedoed and sunk by E-boat off Torbay. Voyage Curacao to Milford Haven.

IMO number	1165432
Call sign	GZLD
Construction number	1019
Tonnage	9.766 ton
Beam	18m
Length overall	134m
Year of construction	1937
Year of renaming/broken up	1942
Service for Shell	1937 to 1942
Cargo	Bitumen
Class	E and O class 9.200 ton
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Cammell Laird & Co Shipbuilding Birkenhead UK
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
Peter Fraser	captain (commanding officer)	1937
Robert Smith	2nd officer	1940 to 1941