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Anton Saefkow - IMO 6511726
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OK - it's time for the Friday night classic. And this week its the DDR freighter Anton Saefkow.
65 / 7,712gt / 10,567dwt (DDR) [ggc]
operator : VEB Deutfracht-Seereederei
built : VEB Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, DDR
item # : 117
L - 06:10:1964, D - 30:03:1965
sold to River Huangpu Breakers, and arrived Huang Pu, CHN, 10:12:1985
Between 1962 and 1970, the Warnemünde yard built 32 type X general cargo ships. in 4 variants. X-A (5 units), X-B (7 units), X-C (4 units) and X-D (16 units). Anton Saefkow was the second in the type X-B series
photo : Avonmouth, 24:06:1975
photo : © Dr. Allan Ryszka-Onions 1975 / 2008
Hi, Wolfgang, hope you like it.......................
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very good photo - gladly to knowledge taken. More of it, greetings from Wolfgang (friendship)
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"Oh, no! It's another of those boring East German (all-look-the-same) Warnowwerft things" we used to say. Now, it is looked upon as a classic.
Maybe it's my age but I still think this is a pretty "un-lovely" ship of that era, perhaps an embodiment of what we were led to believe was the bleakness of the Communist regime there.
I photographed ANTON SAEFKOW several times and would probably - eventually - have posted my best one on the site. My shot wasn't as good as this one, though. Well done!
Cheers!
Bob
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I think based on the Thames you probably did get a lot of Eastern European vessels in and out. I'm not sure anout 'unlovely' but they are certainly functional and very attractive compared to much of the more recent stuff.
To me based in Southampton (and then Whitehaven and then Northampton !!!) we did not get ANY of them and it was only on the rare visits to Liverpool or Avonmouth that I saw either East German or Polish vessels, so for me this was a great catch. Of course I've managed to scrounge loads of pics off my mates who used to frequent either the New Waterway or the Schelde and that has allowed me to put together the slide shows I do on East German and Polish Shipbuilding for various WSS branches.
all the best
Allan
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