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TOMOCYCLUS

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 12/18/2016 - 13:00
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Completed 1944 as Capitol Reef for U.S.M.C. 1947 purchased by STUK and renamed "TOMOCYCLUS". 1954 to La Corona. 4-1960 laid-up Lough Swilly. 26-5-1961 arrived Dalmuir for scrap.

Also known as
Capitol Reef
IMO number
2247052
Call sign
PIAF
Construction number
113
Tonnage
16.478 ton
Beam
21m
Length overall
169m
Year of construction
1944
Year of renaming/broken up
1961
Service for Shell
1947 to 1961
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
T2
Flag state
Netherlands
Home port
's-Gravenhage
Manager
LA CORONA / Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona
Shipyard
Kaiser Inc.Portland Oregon USA
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.
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Comments

Submitted by Derek Peter Franklin on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 14:11

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Clyde Sairls gunner's mate 1945
James Riddell Forman 3rd engineer officer 1946 to 1949
Derek Peter Franklin deck apprentice 1948 to 1949
Noel Bailie 4th engineer 1950 to 1951
Henry Edmunds deck apprentice 1952 to 1954
Cyril Smith captains tiger 1952 to 1953
C.j.h. Ennion deck apprentice 1953
K. J. Beswerda 3rd officer 1954
Johan Verhoek 5th engineer 1955 to 1956
J.c. Turkenburg fireman/greaser 1956 to 1964
Johan De Hoog ketelbink, lichtmatroos (matroos onder de gage) 1956
Johan De Hoog pantryboy 1957 to 1958
Dirk Bakker bediende 1957
Johan De Hoog pantryboy 1957 to 1958
Poul De Haan stuurmansleerling 1957 to 1958
Aat Versteeg Ak... koksjongen 1958 to 1959
Rien De Beer 5th engineer 1958
Bert Alfrink 2nd officer 1958 to 1960
Aad Zuiderwijk 4e en 3e stuurman 1958 to 1959
Piet De Witte volmatroos 1958
Jan Nieuwenhuizen volmatroos 1958 to 1959
Piet De Witte sailor a/b 1958
Aat Appie Versteeg koksjongen 1958 to 1959
Cornelis Van De... unknown 1959
Theo Evers 5th engineer 1960

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
07/05/2015 - 14:11 Derek Peter Franklin

Whilst serving on the Tomocyclus 1948/49, we visited Texas, where an American asked me if I was off the British ship Tomato bicycle or such name.