Official Number:                      608309 (Dutch)

Builder:                                 Odense Staalskibsvaerft ved A.P. Moller, Odense

Pennant No:                   

Launched:                              4 April 1936

Into Service:                           WW2

Out of service:                        1946

Fate:                                     January 1968 broken up

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of a group of additional Dutch – flagged ships which served as Escort Oilers during WW2

Career Data:

4 April 1936 launched by Odense Staalskibsvaerft ved A.P. Moller, Odense as Yard Nr 959 named ENA for N.V. Petroleum Maatschappij “La Corona”, The Hague. The owners were later restyled as Shell Tankers N.V(Dutch)

June 1936 completed

WW2  fitted out as and served as an Escort Oiler, name unchanged

17 March 1941 sailed Aden in convoy BN20 to Suez arriving 25 March 1941

5 April 1941 sailed Port Said in convoy AN25 to Piraeus arriving 10 April 1941

20 April 1941 sailed Pireaus in convoy AS26/1 to Alexandria arriving 23 April 1941

5 April 1943 sailed Bombay in convoy BP74A to Banda Abbas arriving 10 April 1943

22 April 1943 sailed Banda Abbas in convoy PA34 to Aden arriving 30 April 1943

16 October 1943 sailed Banda Abbas in convoy PA57 to Aden arriving 24 October 1943

10 November 1943 sailed Aden in convoy AP52 to Banda Abbas arriving 17 November 1943

2 January 1961 purchased by Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) for conversion into Naval Oiler A 876

25 January 1968 arrived El Ferrol for demolition by Spanish breakers