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Athelqueen
4 ships of this name
1 ATHELQUEEN
GSN
20007803
ON
149660
Built 1928
Furness SB. Co, Haverton Hill-on-Tees.
8,780
grt
471ft
3ins x 62ft 5ins
Twin
screw, 10½ knots.
1933 The Times 2nd September
Explosion
in British Tanker - Five men killed.
Reuter : Yokohama, Sept 1st:
Five
members of the crew of the British tanker Athelqueen were killed today after an
explosion caused by spontaneous combustion of oil gas in a hold. The hold had
been discharged a few hours earlier. The Athelqueen, an oil-engined vessel of
8,780 tons, owned by the United Molasses Company Ltd., was bound for Manila at
the time of the explosion. She returned here to land the dead men.
The names of the victims are
S. G. Knott - chief engineer
M. O. Putt - first officer
A. M. Rae - apprentice
M. Johansen - carpenter
W. Read - deck hand
1942
Convoy HX 169 Departed Halifax on Jan 8th 1942 and arrived Liverpool
on the 23rd. On the 15th March,
Commander Fecia di Cossato located and sank the ATHELQUEEN, on a voyage Hull to Port Everglades in ballast. Position given 26.50N 75.40W.
The 46 survivors were later rescued. During this attack, the TAZZOLI ended up
colliding with the hard-to-sink ATHELQUEEN, damaging the forward tubes. Due to
the damage, Commander Fecia Di Cossato was forced to abandon the mission and
return to base, arriving on the 31st of March.
Three men
died, before reaching shore, 17th March 1942.
FIRTH, Greaser, DAVID W, Age 52.
Son of Edward and Sarah Firth.
JONES, Able Seaman, HAROLD, Age 21.
Son of William and Mary E. Jones, of Conway,
Caernarvonshire.
PROCTOR, Senior Third Engineer Officer, WILLIAM, Age 30.
Husband of Nellie Proctor, of Cadishead, Lancashire.
The crew list can be found in the National Archives TNA reference: BT
381/1987.
on Abaco - The Bahamas
Athelqueen(1)
ATHELQUEEN
was one of the ships sunk by the Italian submarine ENRICO TAZZOLI approximately
fifty miles off our island, Elbow Cay, on 15 March 1942. The crew came
into the beach here and were looked after by the local people. They were
later repatriated to England through Nassau, Bahamas. Three of the crew died on
the reef just before they landed here. This is recorded in the report of the
Master, Captain C. J. R. Roberts on 30 June 1942. Three undientified
graves are on the dunes above the landing beach.
Tony Bennett, Curator; Wyannie Malone Historical Museum,
Hope Town, Abaco, The Bahamas.
www.hopetown.net/hopetownmuseum
Athelqueen(1)
2 ATHELQUEEN
GSN
20025449
ON
168523
8,202
grt
483ft
x 59ft 6ins
Built
1942 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
as
the EMPIRE BENEFIT for MOWT
1945
purchased by Athel Line renamed ATHELQUEEN
1955
sold to Mariblanca Nav. S.A., Chandris (England) Ltd; renamed ARIVERDA
1961
scrapped at Kure.
Athelqueen(2)
3 ATHELQUEEN
GSN
20007804
ON 301343
Built and Engined
1960 Barclay Curie & Company,
Glasgow
Launched 13th January 1960
For Athel Line Ltd, Liverpool
13,040 grt; 7,423 nrt; 19,770 dwt
Yard Nr 743
560ft x 72ft x 31ft
Doxford Oil engine 2SA 6cyl 8500bhp, 14.5 knots
1966 Renamed ANCO QUEEN
“The
British tanker Anco Queen was attacked by Viet Cong today near Saigon and
authorities reported the vessel took at least two rockets on her
superstructure" - The Age, Melbourne, 20th May 1968
1971 Renamed OCEAN TRADER
1972 Renamed ALLISON STAR owned by the Consul Overseas
Investment Corporation, Liberia.
1981 Renamed SANIKA
Scrapped 23rd October 1981
Athelqueen
1960
Athelqueen(3)
Courtesy The Paul Strathdee Collection
as Allison Star
Courtesy The
Paul Strathdee Collection
Allison Star (
Athelqueen (3))
Courtesy The
Paul Strathdee Collection
4 ATHELQUEEN
GSN
20017634
ON
377373
24,132
grt
Built
1977 by Davie SB Co, Lauzon.
1980
Sold to Altanin Tanker Corp., renamed ALTANIN.
1980
Laid up at Jazirat Abu Daud.
1982 Declared a Constructive Total Loss
and scrapped.
Athelqueen(4)
Photograph by
Joe McMillan
Raymond
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