David Williams

[Daviid Williams]

SHIPS NAME AND SERVICE RECORD

Full Name

David Williams

Discharge Book Number

-

Department

Catering

Your Rank/Rating

Steward

Which Ships were you on and When

Athel Tarn

Notes:

I served on this ship 1941-1942 and would like to know what happened to this ship

[gray_marian]

Welcome David, Found this, if wrong chaps will correct me. Information taken from the site below:

Athel Line Ltd. 1940-1980 &c. - The Ships List
Athel Line Ltd. 1940-1980 &c.


Atheltarn 1916 built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow | ex- Olinda built for Lane & McAndrews, ex- Boxleaf 1917, ex- India 1919, 1924 purchased from Insulinde Tankstoomboot Mij., Amsterdam and renamed Atheltarn, 1929 sold to Nippon Tanker Co., Japan renamed Zuiyo Maru, 1st Oct. 1944 torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS Cabrilla.

ATHELTARN and ATHELRILL proved to have an impossible coal consumption. At full speed they would burn 75 tons of coal per day and even at economical speeds would burn 60 tons per day. Twenty one firemen out of a total crew of 75 took turns in shovelling coal into the flaming jaws of the furnaces. ATHELTARN and ATHELRILL were converted to oil-burning, but their stay with the company was brief; both being sold to the Japanese within a year.

More on the site itself.

[Captain Kong]

Hi David,
here are two photos of your ship ATHELTARN. [ courtesy of OLD SHIP PHOTOS]

click on them and then save to your computer and then you can print them.

Cheers
Brian

[Doc Vernon]

Welcome the site David and thank you for listing details
Always nice to have new people here!
Hope you will find lots here to take your interest!
Enjoy!
Cheers