ARICA (RYGJA) - 1905

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1905, 3957grt
J. L. Thompson, Sunderland (428) as RYGJA for L. Mowinckel, Bergen
1915 ALLAGUASH, U.S.A. flag
1923 BIRTE JENSEN, Hans Jensen, Copenhagen
1927 MARATHON, Greek
1931 KOSTI, Greek
Mined off Falsterbo 4/4/1939, towed to Copenhagen and repaired
1941 ARICA, Red. A/B Atlanta (B.Krogius), Helsinki
1950 TIRRENIA, C.H.Ericsson, Helsinki
Fire and explosion in ammonium nitrate cargo on 23/1/1953, 145 miles east of Port Sudan, sank.
Constantza for China

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Some history! 48 years at sea! The days when things could be mended and there was a will to mend them. My children's generation seem to find this practice almost weird. "Just chuck it out dad and get a new one, its five years old now." Nice photo. Had Dickenson's Steam engine 338 NHP. Maybe Dickensons of Palmers Hill, Sunderland.