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Did you sail with the Eagle Oil Shipping Co in the
second world war.
Or Merchant Navy im trying to trace 3 ships
1) san vito
2) san cipriano
3) san vulfrano

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im even going to the expence of going down to London at the end of the month to trace these ships
so any help please .
before you say i have tryed all the usual sites thanks

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The first ship i sailed on the Vito  in 1952,then
the Cipriano,followed by the Sylvestre.I don't remember much about them now,but i do remember all supercharge oil on stops at sea.

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thanks george
   my dad was 4 engineer on vito 1945-1947
eagle oil was taken over by shell oil in the 60s but i cant find any records for the above ships ???

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dont know about the  ships u on about mick but i got a ink well from  the hospital ship dreana first world war

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im doing the family tree so trying to track down info on these ships thanks

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GEORGE if you have any pics of the san vito that would be great i have one of the
san cipriano if you would like a copy

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Hello Mick,

You probably going to go to the National Maritime Museum to check on the records that they have there. If you have'nt already done so, can I suggest that you give the Libarian a call there? Their records are pretty extensive (I know, I once worked there) and they'll be able to tell you what they have. They also have an extensive photo libary in the public domain and normally they will make copies and despatch within a week or two.

If you need to do further research in the Libary there, you will need a readers ticket which you will need to apply for in advance.

I guess that you have already checked with Shell. They have a corporate archives dept and they almost certainly will have piccy's of the ships you're talking about.

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yes thanks tealeaf i have been down there and i have a card which lasts 3 years but i will be going again as you say its sooooooo big and they have so much stuff only went for a day but you need at least 3 days to get anywhere thanks anyway

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they also have one on liverpool been to that one too can find pics of san cipriano but none of san vito which is the main one i want ;D

Hi Mick i have located the presentation copy of Eagle Oil.If you contact my son
Peter on Gt Harwood 829406,he will give you the book.
George.

Thanks George will call
great help thanks again

Hi,The best way to Hesketh Court is,turn left at the golf club onto Park Rd.carry on
until you come to one of those stupid roundabouts,turn right that is it.

what bus and where do i get off

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Did you find any information about the San Vito ? I am looking for crew lists for 1944/5 and any other info about the ship at that time. My Dad Geoffrey Phillips was on this ship for approximately 2 years.

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Have you seen the book 'Eagle Fleet' by W. Lucas, published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson. It gives details of the 'San ships'. I borrowed it through my local public library who located a copy.

I first found reference to it in 'Pedestal' by Peter Smith which I bought in Malta. It gives details of the Ohio (nominally owned by Eagle Oil on behalf of Ministry of War Transport) and its role in the famous Operation Pedestal to relieve that island.

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I sailed on the San Vito,in 1953,as a junior engineer.
I sailed on the Cipriano in 1955 as 4th engineer
I loaned my presentation copy of all the ships.(Eagle Oil)
To one of the web site members but never had it returned.

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My father, George Carr was a mechanical engineer and worked from Eagle Oil's London office from the early 1940's to the final merger with Shell. He left me a small book about the saga of the San Demetrio.

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Hi.
You can return the book to my son who is the landlord of the arden inn on
abbey street.
thanks.

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Hi. My father, Albert Redmond, from South Shields, served with Eagle Oil from 1948 to 1953 as an engineer on the San Adolfo and San Vito, before moving to Tyne Tees Steam and Navigation Company as Chief Engineer. He remembers trips to Trinidad, Valparaiso, Curacao, Rio, Montivideo and through the Panama Canal. He met my mother, Margaret (nee Alder - she was an English girl living in Holland with her mother and step-father, Arie Van der Meer)), while in dry dock in Feynoord, in Rotterdam in 1950 and they married in Rotterdam in 1953, before moving to South Shields to live. He remembrs old ship mates - Norman Willis (3rd Engineer), Donald Hodges, Chief Engineer, a Mr ? Taylor (2nd Engineer) Mr ? Humphreys. Donald Hodges approved of my mother and told my father to marry her - he did what his Chief Engineer told him! He can remember sunbathing on the after deck on San Adolfo! Happy days!

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hey,
I think this post is old and may not not be seen nor relevant, but i just found out my grandfather sailed on San Vito in 1947. I dont know much more than that but we have letters and a diary from his days on there.