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GALWAY - IMO 5125788
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Photographer:Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Captured:Dec 17, 1972
Title:Galway
Location:Avonmouth, Bristol, United Kingdom
Photo Category:General Cargo Ships Built 1950-1959 (over 3000gt)
Added:Dec 17, 2022
Views:206
Image Resolution:3,707 x 2,298
Description:
Avenue Shipping Company's 1959 Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough, built GALWAY, which was lengthened in 1967, is seen passing Portishead on 17th December 1972, exactly fifty years ago today, inbound for Avonmouth during a voyage from Calcutta for Liverpool.
Later: 1975 STRATHINVER - 76 GOLDEN FORTUNE
On 9 September 1983, during a typhoon, she was wrecked at Kau Yi Chau, Hong Kong
The wreck was subsequently broken up "in situ"
Vessel
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Current name:GOLDEN FORTUNE
Former name(s):
- Galway (Until 1975)
Vessel Type:General Cargo
Gross tonnage:9,538 tons
Summer DWT:12,986 tons
Photos:5 photos by 3 photographers
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