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DONAX (3)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sat, 04/18/2015 - 15:58
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Completed 1966 as "DONAX" for STUK. 1984 sold to Troodos Groep Cyprus and renamed Savvas II, 1992 arrived Alang for scrap.

Also known as
Savvas II
IMO number
6615326
Call sign
GSYU
Construction number
1663
Tonnage
71.153 ton
Beam
34m
Length overall
244m
Year of construction
1966
Year of renaming/broken up
1992
Service for Shell
1966 to 1984
Cargo
Crude
Class
D-class 70.000 ton
Flag state
Great Britain
Home port
London
Manager
Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard
Harland & Wolff Shipyard Belfast
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK
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Comments

Submitted by Bernard Reynolds on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 12:23

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
Gary Gray deck boy 1966 to 1967
James W. Crosby po mechanic 1966 to 1967
Charles Stobbart 2nd cook 1966 to 1967
John Almond radio officer 1966 to 1967
Mike Muir 1 able seaman (grade 2) 1966 to 1967
Alan Maison gp 2 1966 to 1967
Bernard Reynolds 2nd mate 1967
Terry Savage able seaman (grade 1) 1967 to 1968
Paul Webster able seaman 1967 to 1968
Ken Wells catering boy 1967 to 1968
Paul Neil Webster able seaman 1967 to 1968
Malcolm Newell engineer 1968 to 1969 4th engineer (later also sailed as 3rd and 2nd eng)
Peter Wardle able seaman 1968 to 1969
David Nesom chef kok 1968 to 1969
Anthony Powles gp 3 1969
Ian Wilson gp 1 1969 to 1970
Raymond Laws catering boy 1969
Graham G Baker catering boy 1969
Fred Ravenscroft chef kok 1969
John Melville 3rd engineer 1969 to 1970
Ronald E Tait Orkney 2nd steward 1970 to 1971
Des Mclindon 3rd officer 1971 to 1972
Poon Wai Fu gp 1971 to 1972 gp trainee (chinese)
Colin S. Bland 4th engineer 1972
Ian Bishop 5th engineer 1973
Alan Susans engineer cadet 1973
Bernard Reynolds chief officer 1973
Mike Newbury 5th engineer 1974 to 1975
Robert Yuille 5th engineer 1974
Joe Colliver engineer cadet 1974
Peter Davidson deck cadet 1974
Adrian Ridley radio officer 1974 to 1975
Douglas M.C. Renton master 1975 to 1976
Peter Liversedge deck cadet 1975
Alan Knight 2nd mate 1975
Willie Carle extra 2nd engineer 1976 motor time
Steve Almond 5th engineer 1976
Clive Evans radio officer 1976 to 1977
Sean Burns 3rd mate 1976
Frederick Paul ... 4th engineer 1976 to 1977
Bob Norton 5th engineer 1976 to 1977
Robert Yuille 4th engineer 1977 to 1978
Andy House 5th engineer 1977 to 1978
Verner Haidak radio officer 1977 to 1979
Verner Haidak radio officer 1977 to 1978
GCEVANS radio officer 1977 joined with wife durban 14 01 1977
Derek Fleetwood 3rd engineer 1978
Donald Macready 5th engineer 1978
Geoff Akehurst 2nd officer 1978
Peter Copeland 2nd mate 1978 to 1979
Bernard Teale chief engineer 1979 to 1980
Peter Wright engineer cadet 1979
David Nesom chief steward 1979 to 1980
Alan Campion extra 2nd engineer 1979 motor time
Graham Lister 5th engineer 1980
John Arnott 3rd officer 1980
Iain Mccoll chief steward 1981
Pete Clementson radio officer 1981
Don Jenkins engineer cadet 1981 to 1982
Brian Young engineer cadet 1981
Steven Matthews 3rd mate 1981
David E. Byrne 3rd mate 1982
Peter Wright 5th engineer 1982
John P M Cusson captain (commanding officer) 1982 to 1983
Willie Carle chief engineer 1982 engineer superintendent
Andrew Reilly deck cadet 1982
Ian Potter engineer cadet 1982
Michael Turnbull 5th engineer 1983 to 1984
David Nesom catering offficer 1983
Bernard Reynolds captain (commanding officer) 1983
Kevin Mcnamara engineer cadet 1983
Fred Craig catering offficer 1983
David Gowns 5th engineer 1984
Derek Wallace D... chief officer 1984
David Wardley cadet 1984
James D. Jim Auton chief engineer 1984
Ayush Parashar 3rd officer 2008

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
07/11/2011 - 12:23 Bernard Reynolds

I first joined the Donax as 2nd Mate on the 7th June 1967. When she was the first British Tanker to have completed the round trip to the Gulf and back during the latest war between Israel and Eygpt . She had made headlines in the "Liverpool Echo" and I have a copy of the newspaper photo showing her berthing at Tranmere on that day.
I was subsequently Chief gficer in 1973 and Captain in 1983.