Name: | HELIX |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/02/1931 |
Completed: | 04/1931 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 576 |
Dimensions: | 3007grt, 1630nrt, 305.0 x 50.1 x 19.2ft; (1947: 3385grt, 337.5ft) |
Engines: | 2 x OiI engines, 6cyl (18.2, 35.5ins), 380nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 162562 |
History: | |
04/1931 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1934 | Soc Anon Française des Pétroles Shell, Algiers |
1938 | NV Nederlandsche-Indische Tankstoomboot Mij, The Hague |
1938 | Renamed ARMILLA |
1950 | NV Nederlandsche-Indonesische Tankvaart Mij, The Hague |
1956 | NV Petroleum Mij “La Corona”, The Hague |
1957 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
09/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1947: New fore body built by JL Thompson & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
1947: Fore body replaced by Greenwells at Sunderland | |
New fore body required due to heavy corrosion from benzene cargoes | |
18/09/1957: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up by Mollers |
Above photo as HELIX is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing the new fore body is courtesy of Sarah Stoner
Above photo showing the old aft body is courtesy of Sarah Stoner
Above photo showing the joining is courtesy of Sarah Stoner
Above photo showing the joining is courtesy of Sarah Stoner
Above photo as ARMILLA courtesy of Photoship