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26th November 2024, 11:44 AM
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Re: SS 'Grelrosa'.
I know the original post goes back a few years,but here's some brief details about the s.s.GRELROSA:-
S.S.GRELROSA (O.N. 168718).General Cargo ship of 7,022grt built 1942 as EMPIRE GUINEVERE by Wm.Denny & Bros,Dumbarton.For the British Govmt.
Postwar-1947 to Cardigan Sg.Co,reg'd Cardiff.
1959 to Kam Lee Nav.Co,still reg.d Cardiff.Renamed SHUN TAI in 1960 and re-reg'd Mogadishu,Somali flag.
Fate:As Shun Tai she was wrecked off Singapore, in pos'n 01-12.05 N, 103-51.07E whilst on voyage from Canton to Colombo with cargo of rice ,in a collision with ore carrier WORLD CARRIER (9884 grt.)of Eastern Tpts Inc.;Monrovia.
Last edited by Graham Shaw; 26th November 2024 at 12:06 PM.
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26th November 2024, 11:28 PM
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Re: SS 'Grelrosa'.
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26th November 2024, 11:30 PM
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Re: SS 'Grelrosa'.
The painting certainly brings back memories of John Masefields poem of “ Dirty British Coaster with a salt caked smokestack plowing up the Channel in the Mad March Days”. JS.
Last edited by j.sabourn; 26th November 2024 at 11:54 PM.
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27th November 2024, 12:38 AM
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Re: SS 'Grelrosa'.
Hi Mike.
I used to spend days in Sydney when the tall ships werer in port, got to go on all of them, they must have thought I was part of the crew LoL.
Des
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