| 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