SAN EMILIANO (2)

About

Completed 1959 as "SAN EMILIANO" for Eagle Tanker. 1959 purchased by STUK. 1965 renamed "HEMITROCHUS". 12-10-1977 arrived Kaohsiung for scrap.

Also known as
Hemitrochus
IMO number
5309645
Call sign
GCDH
Construction number
1273
Tonnage
19.349 ton
Beam
21m
Length overall
169m
Year of construction
1959
Year of renaming/broken up
1977
Service for Shell
1959 to 1977
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
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Sailors

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
02/15/2011 - 23:33 Ronald E Tait Orkney

This was my first trip to sea as a 17year old.Joined in Rotterdam and after a trip to Genoa,we spent Christmas in Walvas Bay. On Hogmany while passing St.Halina the engine blow up,and we had to fight a nasty engineroom fire.We won in the end and after four days of drifting,the engineers managed to restore a bit of power and we limped to Curacao where we paid/off and vessel went to drydock.Will never forget Chief/Steward Bill Cowan from Aberdeen standing on top of main engine,in shorts and teeshirt hosing down fire.