ALSTER (6704050), Germany, 500gt, completed Emden 12-1966
1966 ALSTER - 1983 AL FARIS 1 - 1989 RED SEA - 1999 AHMAD
Recorded as still in service under Panama flag, but no recent movements reported.

Middlesbrough Dock - 10 September 1974: Ron M

Not obvious in this photo that she was a ro/ro, one of the early such coasters on the North Sea. Owned by Henry Stahl's Washbay Line, Hamburg to King's Lynn. If you are still running a 1970 Skoda, it came in on the ALSTER

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Back again in Middlesbrough Dock - 6 October 1974: Ron M