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J WHITRIDGE WILLIAMS / SAMSYLVAN /  TROPIC / SAN FRANCESCO

A LIBERTY SHIP BUILT IN 1943 AS THE J WHITRIDGE WILLIAMS.

 SHE WAS LATER  RE-NAMED SAMSYLVAN.

SHE HAD BEEN MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON BEHALF OF THE MOWT ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT ) AND BECAME SHAW SAVILL & ALBIONS TROPIC IN 1947.

IN 1952 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED SAN FRANCESCO.

 IN 1960 SHE GROUNDED AND WAS SOLD TO A HONG KONG BREAKERS YARD, BUT DURING A TYPHOON SHE FOUNDERED AND WAS LOST.


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