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Name: HELIX
Type: Tanker
Launched: 16/01/1953
Completed: 10/1953
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1813
Dimensions: 12144grt, 7034nrt, 17892dwt, 555.9 x 69.5 x 29.8ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines + Electric drive
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend & BTH Ltd, Rugby
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Reg Number: 185962
History:
10/1953 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Shell Tankers Ltd, London
1962 Shell Tankers NV, The Hague; renamed KOSSMATELLA
26/05/1972 Broken up
Comments: 26/05/1972: Arrived at Hsinkang for delivery to Chinese breakers


Above photo as HELIX courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as HELIX courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as HELIX courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as HELIX courtesy of John Bage

Above photo as KOSSMATELLA courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as KOSSMATELLA courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as KOSSMATELLA courtesy of Photoship