SHELL QUEST ex. MACGREGOR LAIRD

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/19/2015 - 15:25

About

Completed 1930 as Macgregor Laird for African Steamship. 1953 purchased by Anglo-Saxon, renamed "SHELL QUEST". For use as a survey ship off West Africa and in the Persian Gulf. 1956 sold to Stanhal and renamed Salamat. 1961 scrapped Yugoslavia.

Also known as	Macgregor Laird Salamat
IMO number	1161450
Call sign	G...
Construction number	869
Tonnage	4.015 ton
Beam	17m
Length overall	128m
Year of construction	1930
Year of renaming/broken up	1961
Service for Shell	1953 to 1956
Cargo	General dry-cargo
Class	General Cargo (cased oil carriers)
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	D & W Henderson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow Scotland
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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Sailors

Name	Job	Period	Details
George Mcarthur	4th engineer	1952 to 1956