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Now identified as HAPPY MED.
Originally built for Prince Line Ltd. - Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London, England. A Refrigerated cargo carrier.
Launched on 19/10/1936, and completed during December 1936, by William Hamilton & Co., Glen Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland (426)
1,960 g.t. & 1,035 nrt., as:
'Palestinian Prince' to 1960,
'Happy Med' to 1965, &
'Mimi' until sold to Yugoslavia (Croatia) for demolition.
Arrived at Split on 19/07/1970.
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it is a close up from the original, which can be seen here: https://flic.kr/p/2pHEfY5
Circa 1963-1965, unknown harbour, most probably in the Mediterranean.
A general cargo ship in a protected harbour, it is moored using forward anchors & mooring buoys aft.
Scanned from a slide in the collection of the late Niels Anker Larsen, former Danish Merchant Navy Radio Officer.
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I have found photos of both ships, as built, and it appears to me that they both had topmasts of the same height.
SUNNY MED (Syrian Prince) - https://tinyurl.com/Syrian-Prince
HAPPY MED (Palestinian Prince) - https://tinyurl.com/Palestinian-Prince
and that in the photo above, the topmasts have certainly been shortened.
My best attempts at enhancing the image resulted in a possible P in the first word.
For a moment I thought I'd cracked it, as I saw different vents on the foc'sles, but it transpires that both ships were retrofitted with two larger mushroom vents, instead of a single square one.
So, I'm going with HAPPY MED too.
Thanks again for your valuable input :-)
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built 1936 for the Prince Line by Wm Hamilton.
1965 MIMI, broken up Split 70.
Or SUNNY MED ex SYRIAN PRINCE also built 1936
59 SUNNY MED , 64 DINOS , bu Savona 10.69
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Another busy day today, so, later, I will try to enhance the name as far as possible, to see if any letters are readable.
Much appreciated.
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