Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Sailing

Friday, February 8, 1963 @ 1055 		KOSSMATELLA (1962-1972 Oil tanker of 556 feet long of "H-class" Shell Tankers Netherlands) Own Page

Tugs SEAWAY and CAMPAIGNER assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA from the berth at Ardrossan Harbour
Sailing forBelfast (Northern Ireland)Port of RegistryHague (Netherlands)
Sailed from berthArdrossan Harbour (berth 12 tanker berth)Gross Tonnage19,349
Outward cargoKerosene (part cargo)
Draught aft on sailing21' 10"
Master of vessel on sailingH J Roncken
Ships agentT L Duff, Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan

Tug SEAWAY at the stern and the tug CAMPAIGNER at the bow assist the Shell tanker KOSSMATELLA stern-first from the tanker berth to the Ardrossan roadstead

KOSSMATELLA was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Newcastle (England) in 1953 as HELIX for Shell Tankers U.K. as one of their large fleet of "H"-class oil tankers. She was 555'8" long x 69'5" breadth x 29'9ΒΌ" draft
In 1962 she was transferred to the Shell Dutch Fleet and renamed KOSSMATELLA and registered in s'Gravenhage (Hague, Netherlands) under the Dutch flag

Both as HELIX and KOSSMATELLA she made many calls at Ardrossan Harbour

She was sold for demolition in 1972 and was delivered to shipbreakers on 26th May 1972 at Hsin Kang (China) for scrap.