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Photographer:
Lemonos_Vladimir [ View profile ]
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Africana
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Jul 15, 2023
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2,736 x 1,667

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River Wisla, May 1945.

Photo from my collection. Photographer is unknown.

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It seems probable this photo is of Africana 18 5969, an INSA owned Italian ship that was seized by the Germans at Gotenhafen Sep 1943 and which was scuttled as a blockship at Danzig 23/3/45. The ship was refloated by Soviet salvors 7/6/45 (which dates the photo a little later than stated) and subsequently scrapped. The ship has the look of an engine aft cargo ship which was a fairly popular Italian design. Unfortunately I have no photo of Africana or the ship under her former names (built as Sestri, became Valleluce 1923 and Africana in 1935 to be able to confirm.

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Many thanks for identification and historical details.
I can add only that this vessel was the first, behind it were FU SHING - IMO 5613934 and JAGERSFONTEIN - IMO 5516779.
For now I will rename it to Africana so that can quickly find it on shipspotting.
Kind regards, Vladimir

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