TARON

About

Completed 1936 as "TARON" for Anglo-Saxon. 1952 sold to Shell France and renamed "IOLEA". 1955 sold to Fret Maroc and renamed Soussane. 1957 sold Gem Shipping and renamed Mont Bassa. 1957 sold Cie Armament and renamed Tadjoura. 28-1-1963 arrived Valencia for scrapping.

Also known as
Iolea
Soussane
Mont Bassa
Tadjoura
IMO number
1165348
Call sign
GZFN
Construction number
169
Tonnage
12.151 ton
Beam
18m
Length overall
147m
Year of construction
1936
Year of renaming/broken up
1963
Service for Shell
1936 to 1955
Cargo
Class
Flag state
Home port
Manager
Shipyard
Status
Photo(s)

Comments

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Anonymous 5th engineer, 4th engineer 1951 to 1952

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
08/07/2011 - 09:15 Anonymous

WE drydocked in Bombay in 1954 for about 6 weeks in total,my first real experience of India.What an eye opener it proved yo be,? ray jones