PATROCLUS (1950)

PATROCLUS (1950)

Postby teesships » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:18 pm

PATROCLUS (5271850), China Mutual Steam Nav. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, 10110gt,
completed by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle, 2-1950.
1972 PHILOCTETES (British), BU Kaohsiung 12.2.73 [Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co Ltd]

Liverpool - 10 July 1967:
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Re: PATROCLUS (1950)

Postby teesships » Sat Sep 05, 2015 12:33 pm

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

River Mersey, anchored off New Brighton - 5 September 1965:
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The first day of my first ever visit to that then bustling port!

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Re: PATROCLUS (1950)

Postby northeast » Sat Sep 05, 2015 3:29 pm

Bustling indeed, but then they all were!
You have prompted me to look back to my own first call there, 17 October 1964, stars of the day were EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, CARINTHIA and ACCRA.
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Re: PATROCLUS (1950)

Postby teesships » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:04 pm

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Re: PATROCLUS (1950)

Postby teesships » Mon Jul 10, 2017 5:52 pm

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!

New scans of the two views above from the original negatives.
Liverpool - 10 July 1967:
patroclus100767x1.jpg
patroclus100767x2.jpg
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