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I apologize for the quality, but I took this shot (as with some others I am posting) when I was a child with no photography knowledge and a cheap and indifferent camera.
Launched 16 January 1953 at Monkwearmouth (Sunderland) by John Crown & Sons Ltd. as hull no. 235 for A/S Lukesfjell (Olsen & Ugelstad), Oslo. 258’7” x 42’10” x 18’4.5;” 1604 gt, 778 nt; twin 5-cylinder Sulzer Diesels, 360mm x 600, geared to a single shaft, 1580-bhp, built by George Clark Ltd. Lengthened 1960: 297’2;” 1888 gt, 1001 nt. Later *Lenko* (1966). Destroyed by fire at Mocambique, 11 September 1968.
Shown May 1960 in the early morning fog near the mouth of the Chicago River, downtown Chicago, Illinois USA, at the old Wacker Warehouse beneath Wacker Drive on her first trip into the lakes after being lengthened for the joint Fjell-Oranje European Great Lakes Service.
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General cargo ships built 1950-1959 (Under 3000gt) - 2 photos
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