FLORISTAN (1965)

FLORISTAN (1965)

Postby HSA31 » Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:28 pm

Launched on 19th. January 1965 by J. Readhead and Sons Ltd., South Shields for Strick Line Ltd., London. In September 1983 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up after a major engineroom fire whilst under the Greek flag.
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Re: FLORISTAN (1965)

Postby teesships » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:43 pm

Seen in Middlesbrough Dock, circa September 1971, by Albert Weller:
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Re: FLORISTAN (1965)

Postby teesships » Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:07 pm

50 YEARS AGO TODAY!
FLORISTAN (6505997), Strick Line Ltd., London, 9470gt, completed 6-1965 by J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields.
1975 STRATHALVIE (British), 1978 ALEXANDRA (Greece),
fire Luanda 4.11.82 & BU Kaohsiung 20.9.83 [Tien Cheng Steel Manufacturing Co]

Middlesbrough Dock, 28 December 1965:
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