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Buenos Aires IDNo 1139007
Have been lucky last week, did buy and old photo, taken in the 1930ies in the part of the port of Hamburg, where our steamtug TIGER is now at home.
The big building called "Augustinum" used to be the UNION Kühlhaus (cold storage) In 1991 it was dismantled and rebuilt, to be used as Home for Elder (wealthy) people. On this photo can be seen the SS BUENOS AIRES, owner at this time Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen Photo from my collection, photographer unknown (Source Fotoarchiv) with kind permission of the copyright owner Her details and history according to Miramar: IDNo: 1139007 Year: 1911 Name: MELBOURNE Flag: DEU Type: Cargo ship (ref) Launch Date: 21.11.11 Date of completion: 29.12.11 Tons: 5926 LPP: 137.2 Country of build: DEU Beam: 17.7 Builder: Flensburger Location of yard: Flensburg Yard No: 315 Number of screws/Mchy/1 T (triple-expansion) Speed(kn): 12.5 Subsequent History: 15 BOONAH - 25 WITRAM - 37 BUENOS AIRES End: 1940 Disposal Data: sm/t (NARWHAL) 57.00N/11.35E 1.5.40 (30*) More information of her interesting life and sad end can be viewed here: https://www.flotilla-australia.com/hmat2.htm#A36 https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9012
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