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SILVANUS

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 06/14/2015 - 13:05
About

Completed 1921 as "SILVANUS" for N.I.T. 1926 damage after fire, 1927 sold to Petroleum Navigation and renamed Papoose, 19.3.1942 torpedoed by U214 and sunk.

Also known as
Papoose
IMO number
2226583
Call sign
PSDC
Construction number
25
Tonnage
8.792 ton
Beam
16m
Length overall
126m
Year of construction
1921
Year of renaming/broken up
1942
Service for Shell
1921 to 1926
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
Chemical / Oil Product Tanker
Flag state
Dutch Indies
Home port
Batavia
Manager
Nederlands Indische Tank Stoomboot Maatschappij / N.I.T.
Shipyard
South Western Shipbuilders San Pedro Californie USA
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.
Related tankers
SCOPAS
SEMIRAMIS
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Comments

Submitted by Mvanbeek on Wed, 08/14/2024 - 20:35

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
08/14/2024 - 20:35 Mvanbeek

My paternal grandfather, Willem van Beek (1903-1968) served as 5th “werktuigbouwkundige” in the machine room of Silvanus, when it collided on April 8th, 1926, near Point la Hache, south of New Orleans, LA, causing an explosion and fire. Twenty-four of the 43 crew members perished in the fire or drowned. My grandfather was among the survivors and was found on a beach near Bohemia, where the ship ran aground. The disaster was extensively covered in the Times-Picayune, e.g. In a front page story on 9 April, as well as in Dutch papers, such as the Nieuws van de Dag en Rotterdamsche Courant.