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USCGC  Courier

USCGC  Courier
Ship details: Fred Haney, who was a VOA engineer aboard the ship: "This is one of the nicest pictures of the USCGC Courier (Vagabond Able) after it was painted white in Rhodes, Greece. It was formerly standard 'haze gray.' The Courier was an international broadcasting ship for Voice of America multi-language programs, manned by Coast…
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M.V. Bon Jour = Magda Maria = Mi Amigo

M.V. Bon Jour = Magda Maria = Mi Amigo
The SS Margarethe, a small cargo boat of 98 feet length, was built in 1921 by Deutsche Werke A.G. of Kiel, West Germany as a 129 ton, 23 foot wide three mast schooner for Ernst Simon A.G. The boat was one of three identical boats made by the ship yard, one was used as a…
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M.V. Communicator

M.V. Communicator
Built in 1954 by Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder/Bremen (West Germany) for Det Stavangerske Dampskipsselskap (DSD) in Stavanger (Norway) as a cargo vessel. The tonnage of the vessel was 477 GRT, 190 NRT and 575 TDW and the vessel measured 186,8 / 29,3 / 8,7. The ship was one of six similar ships owned and…
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Comet

Comet
A 90 foot 500 ton former lightship having no engines was built at John Browns ship yard on the River Clyde. After Radio Scotland's closedown, the Comet was towed to Dunbar harbour and was put up for sale. Later the Comet was taken to the port of Methil, Fife, where the radio transmitter and studio…
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M.V. Columbus

M.V. Columbus
In July 1973 the former minesweeper and 135 foot long MV Oceanic was purchased by Reverend Carl McIntire and converted for use as a radio station. A 100 foot mast was installed. The ship was then renamed Columbus. In the last week of August the Columbus set sail for Cape May and anchored just outside…
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M.S. Cheeta

M.S. Cheeta
The Cheeta was a 107 BRT German stone fishing boat registered in Panama and owned by the advertising agency which was registered in Liechtenstein. During the night of 17th/18th July 1958 the Cheeta lost her anchor, drifted towards the Swedish coast, and ran aground just outside Malmö. During the storm she lost her aerial mast…
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H.M.S. Chatham

H.M.S. Chatham
HMS Chatham is the fourth and last of the Batch 3 Frigates and she is the seventh ship to bear the name. She was built on the Tyne by Swan Hunters Shipbuilders Ltd and was launched in 1988 by Lady Roni Oswold. Her design was modified after experience with earlier versions of the ship in…
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S.S. City of Panama

In 1933 the former British navy vessel HMS Mistletoe was baptized "La Playa" and later renamed "City of Panama" by its new owner George A. McLoney. The ship was registered in Panama and was intended as a floating showboat to display the glories of touristry in Panama to the Californians.  But instead, the owners left…
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Ceto

Ceto
A steam yacht that had formerly belonged to Lord Iveagh of the Guinness brewery. A report says that the ship was renamed "Broadcasting Yacht" for the radio broadcasts. Offshore radio station: Test transmissions by Daily Mail Radio in 1928 Location: Sailing off the coast of Dundee, Scotland. Later the vessel cruised around the English coast.
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H.M.A.S. Canberra

H.M.A.S. Canberra
Name: HMAS Canberra Call Sign: VKCN Length: 139.0 meters Beam: 13.7 meters Draft: 7.5 meters Crew: 226 On keel: 1981 at Todd, Seattle Propulsion: 2xGE GTu Power: 29420 kw max. Speed: 29.0 kn Peculiarities: Harpoon, 76mm Gun, 20mm Phalanx, 6xTorpedotubes, 2xHelo Lamps-III Type Guided Missile Frigate Number 02 Builder Todd Pacific Shipyards, USA Laid Down…
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