Shell Welder

Used to have a plastic model kit of her.Frog I think made it,don/t think it was Airfix.

You're right mate, I have one too. Some Canadian company made if I recall. I think it is still lying, unfinished out in the shed somewhere. Maybe I should dig it out.

got one too.

Frog did make this model,and i have just aquired one remade in russia of all places.

Does anyone know anything about how the tye and how many were were built and the. he present whereabouts of her or her sisters

Amerikanis,
Welcome to the site.
Some details about Shell Welder:
Shell Welder: Completed in 1955 by Clellands of Wallsend, of 569 gt. Sold in 1973 to Northwood Ltd. & converted to a dredger & renamed Steel Welder. In 1993 it was reported by Lloyds that she had been demolished.
I cannot find any sisters of that class or similar year build with Shell prefixes & yet there must be some. Shell Roadbuilder, Farmer, Steelmaker, Traveller, Glassmaker, etc.,built about the same time were all smaller (around 300 gt.) & were "flatties" - no superstructure - & have all long since been demolished.
Sorry that I can't be of more help.
Kind regards,
John F.

I was Donkeyman in this one for a time, down below she carried a Chief and 2nd, I recall joining her at the Isle of Grain, no sooner was I unpacked than the Chief was knocking on my door with 200 ciggys and an offer of 4 hours a day buckshee overtime if I would do the 3rds watch. Money for nothing. Trevor

Sailed on this little beauty for a couple of months as 2/E. The Chief was a really nice guy called Don ( can't remember his Surname ) but he came from Liverpool. Mike

She used to deliver to East Coast Oil Wharves at Lowestoft when I worked there in late 60's.