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**Now expertly identified by Yvon Perchoc, with noted assistance from Cisco, too.**
Launched on 02/02/1923 and completed during April 1923 by William Gray & Company Ltd., West Hartlepool, England (951)
4,357 g.t. and 3,070 n.r.t., ordered as:
'Saint Stanislas', but completed as
'Bardistan', to 1928,
'Saint Roch' to 1930,
'Recherche' to 1935,
'Capo Olmo' to 1946,
'Koufra' to 1948,
'Madali' to 1951,
'Leon Mazzella' to 1954 and
'Seferoglu' until sold for demolition to Turkey.
Arrived Izmir 20/11/1976.
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Hi, can anyone assist with the identification of the freighter on the left side, please?
Photo taken off Haifa, Israel in either 1965 or 1966 by Captain Mike Dale.
The Hunt Class destroyer, to the right side, is the former HMS Mendip, here seen as Israeli Naval ship 38כּ 'Haifa' (K38)
The freighter appears to be flying the red duster (British Merchant Naval flag), but this may be a red herring.
She was probably built as a steamer, has a counter stern, is of four island design, with five cargo holds and two large goalpost masts.
The funnel is pale blue with possibly a white anchor at 45° thereon.
There is an enlarged, but still indistinct, image here:
https://flic.kr/p/2kf8gpG
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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General cargo ships built before 1940 (Over 3000gt) - 4 photos
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@ Yvon, encore une fois, merci beaucoup ;-)
Excellent identification.
Rick
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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1291179
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However Société Navale de l'Ouest seemed to like that well deck layout and also the form of goalposts.... https://forum.pages14-18.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=45078&start=0
I think the red ensign is a red herring... Turkish maybe?
So maybe a french ( Dunkirk?) ship built for them
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Could be the Turkish SEFEROGLU (IMo5317434).
Regards,
Yvon
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She ended up Chilean flag and broken up in 1960...
I am thinking a sister built by Wm Gray, West Hartlepool, in about 1920.
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