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CRETIC / DRINA / UNITED VIGOUR
BUILT IN 1953 FOR SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO CANOPIC,CARNATIC,CEDRIC AND CYMRIC .SHE WAS MANAGED BY ROYAL MAIL FROM 1972 AND RE-NAMED ' DRINA '. IN 1976 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO BLACKHALL SHIPPING, BUT KEPT THE NAME OF DRINA. IN 1977 SHE WAS SOLD TO ROTNA MARINE AND RE-NAMED 'UNITED VIGOUR'. IN 1978 SHE WAS SENT TO KAOHSIUNG TO BE BROKEN UP.THE ABOVE PICTURE OF CRETIC SHOWS HER LEAVING AUCKLAND, BOUND FOR NAPIER COMING AWAY FROM THE JETTY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE STEAM TUG ' WILLIAM C DALDY '.THE TUG IS STILL SEA WORTHY TO THIS DAY. PLEASE VISIT THE WILLIAM C DALDY WEB PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS DRINA ALONG SIDE IN BLUFF IN 1976.
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Photo coutesy of Jim Holmes |
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Photo coutesy of Jim Holmes |
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Photo coutesy of Jim Holmes |
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THE TUG WILLIAM DALDY WAS BUILT IN 1935 AT RENFREW,SCOTLAND BY LOBNITZ & CO
