LINGA (1)

About

Completed 1946 as "LINGA" for STUK. 1-6-1963 arrived Belgium for scrap.

IMO number
1180933
Call sign
GLCK
Construction number
1309
Tonnage
9.240 ton
Beam
17m
Length overall
135m
Year of construction
1946
Year of renaming/broken up
1963
Service for Shell
1946 to 1963
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
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Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
11/02/2015 - 18:10 Richard Frank H...

Many, many years too late but just seen that I am shown as "Acting 3rd Engineer" on the Linga in 1959-60. Fortunately for the Chief Engineer I wasn't! I was in fact the Acting Third Mate. I was only 19 at the time, and joined the Linga when she was in dry dock in Curacao. The 2nd Mate was Bruce Randoll and the Mate was Dougie Robinson. Both wonderful people and as mad as March hares. It was a privilege to be shipmates with them both. 56 years later I am still in touch with Bruce----he is still mad!