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S.S. AMICUS, glass negative
3/4 Starboard Bow view of S.S. AMICUS, c.1948.
AMICUS (7125gt). Built 1944 as EMPIRE NOBLE for the MoWT, and managed by J.Langdon, Rees, London. 1946 - renamed AMICUS for the Tempus Shipping Co (Seager & Co, Cardiff) : 1963 - renamed LEELA, (Southland Navigation & Commerce Ltd, Hong Kong) : 1964 - renamed PACIFIC FIR (Fir Line Ltd, Hong Kong under the Liberian flag). She ran aground at Koto Soh, Taiwan on 6th February 1968 and broke in two.