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DURANGO / RUTHENIC / SUSSEX

BUILT IN 1944 FOR THE ROYAL MAIL, BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST, AS THE 'DURANGO'.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE 'ROMANIC'. 

SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION IN 1966 AND RE-NAMED 'RUTHENIC'

SHE WAS .SOLD TO CIA DE NAV IN 1967,AND RE-NAMED 'SUSSEX', THE SAME YEAR SAW HER IN KAOHSIUNG IN THE BREAKERS YARD

 

 

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