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Photographer:
Rick Vince [ View profile ]
Title:
Arkansas
Added:
Jan 7, 2024
Views:
227
Image Resolution:
2,400 x 1,580

Description:

Unknown date (circa 1965), at an unidentified Italian port.

(The ship flies the Italian tricolori courtesy flag, meaning it is a 'foreign' ship in Italy.)

The sacks in the foreground appear to contain 'asbestos'.

A Danish general cargo ship of DFDS (Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab = The United Steamship Company.)

Keel laid on 19/12/1945, launched on 21/08/1946 and completed on 30/09/1947 by Helsingør Shipyard, Helsingør, Denmark (265)
3,591 g.t. and 4,785 dwt., as:
'Arkansas' until 1966,
'Argy' to 1969, and
'Fraternity' until 05/01/1976 when she was wrecked off Gaza during a final voyage with cement from Apapa to Gaza.

Scanned from a slide.
From the collection of the late Niels Anker Larsen, former Radio Officer of the Merchant Navy.

Vessel
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Current name:
FRATERNITY

Former name(s):

 -  Argy (Until 1969)

 -  Arkansas (Until 1966)

Vessel Type:
General Cargo
Gross tonnage:
2,475 tons
Summer DWT:
4,035 tons

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Ship's Deck - 2 photos

General cargo ships built 1940-1949 (Over 3000gt) - 4 photos

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Rick Vince

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pea

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CuxHans

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