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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 Oil engines, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (460 x 900mm), 380nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 162562
History:
18/03/1931 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
18/09/1957 Broken up
Comments: 1947: Fore body replaced by TW Greenwell & Co at Sunderland
New fore body required due to heavy corrosion from benzene cargoes
07/03/1947: New fore body launched by JL Thompson & Co Ltd at Sunderland
21/05/1947: Floated out of Greenwell's drydock
14/07/1947: Departed Sunderland for Curacao
18/09/1957: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up by Mollers


Above photo as HELIX is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo shows the launch of ARMILLA's new fore body. Yorkshire Post, Saturday, 08/03/1947

Above photo showing ARMILLA's new fore body is courtesy of Sarah Stoner

Above photo showing ARMILLA in Greenwell's dock is courtesy of Rob White. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo shows the removal of the old fore body. Photo is courtesy of Rob White

Above photo showing ARMILLA's 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 is courtesy of Photoship

Sunderland Echo, Wednesday, 21/05/1947