This is an early photo of the boat taken in 2005
showing the original storage box.
the new superstructure will go into the tanks.
Inside the tanks after cleaning in 2007.
Certificate of British Registry at Lloyds.
This is a copy of the original document when 'shellfen' was first registered in 1938.
Certificate of British Registry.
Particulars of ship.
Official Number 167221
Name of ship: Shellfen
No. Date, and Port of Registry : 82 in 1939 London
Stem: Scow
Stern: Transom
Build: Clinker(?)
Framework and description of vessel: State(?) Launch
Length from fore-part of stem, to the aft side of the head of stern post: 42ft 8 tenths
Main breadth to outside of plank: 8ft 9.5 tenths
Depth in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling amidships 3ft 2.5 tenths
Round of beam(?); 2 tenths
Length of engine room (if any): 6ft 5.5 tenths
Description of Engine: Four stroke. Single acting. Internal combustion. Vertical
Where and when made: British 1938
Name and address of makers: R.A.Lister (Marine Sales) Dursley
Reciprocating engine, no. and diameter of cylinders: Two 4½”
Length of Stroke 5½
N.H.P 21
B.H.P 21
I.H.P. 28.7
Estimated Speed of Ship 6½ Knots.
Under tonnage deck…..9.32
Deck houses……………1.23
Gross tonnage…………10.55
Deductions allowed
On account of space required for propelling power…. 3.38
Deductions under Sec.79 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and Sec 54 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, as follows, viz,: Boatswains Store……………………. .51
TOTAL 3.89
Gross Tonnage 10.55 29.86 cubic metres
Deductions as per contra 3.89 11.01 cubic metres
Registered Tonnage 6.66 18.85 cubic metres
“I, the undersigned, Registrar of Shipping at the Port of London, hereby certify that the Ship, the Description of which is prefixed to this my Certificate, has been duly surveyed, and that the above Description is in accordance with the Register Book; that……………. Whose Certificate of Competency or Service is No…….. is the Master of the said Ship; Residence and Description of the Owner….., and Number of Sixt-fourth Shares held by it. Areas follows:-
Name, Residence, and Occupation of the Owner: Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., St Helen’s Court, Great St. Helen’s in the City of London.
Number of Sixty-fourth Shares: Sixty four
Dated at Custom House London the 4th day of April One thousand nine hundred and thirty nine.
Signed. Registrar of Shipping.
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