50 YEARS AGO TODAY - KING CITY (1950)

50 YEARS AGO TODAY - KING CITY (1950)

Postby teesships » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:24 pm

KING CITY (5187516), Leeds Shipping Co. Ltd. (Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd.), Bideford, 5593gt,
completed W.Doxford & Sons, Pallion, Sunderland, 12-1950
1950 KING CITY - 1966 PANAGIOTIS XILAS - 1971 LEON
BU Villanueva y Geltru 23.10.78 [Salvamento y Demolicion Naval]

Liverpool - 6 September 1965 (Lamport & Holt colours):
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8 days later! River Mersey - 14 September 1965 (Clan Line colours):
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A year later (must have been around the time she was sold?) Sunderland - 8 September 1966 (plain black funnel):
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Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - KING CITY (1950)

Postby TEESMAN » Sat Sep 12, 2015 10:11 am

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Photo Michael Green
As LEON in the Suez Canal 02.02.78
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Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY - KING CITY (1950)

Postby northeast » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:15 pm

In Clan Line colours, R. Cox collection
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