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RIO ORINOCO in Hamburg in the mid 1960s.
Built in 1957 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg-Finkenwerder (711) for Transworld Carriers Inc, Monrovia, GT 12.832, 37.042 tdw.
76- broken up at Kaohsiung.
© and permission by Helmut Groening.
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RIO GRANDE: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2451786
RIO MACAREO: http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2451790
Some more work needed for corrections then...
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Bridges stayed amidships on ships like the one shown because the commonly held view was that such large ships could not be conned from 'down the back'.
That changed on tankers in the late 50's and onwards due to a number of bad outcomes for people living amidships when tankers caught fire and exploded.....
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Best wishes, Manfred
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