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S.S. CORRIENTES, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. CORRIENTES, at Cardiff Docks, c.1947/1948.
ss. CORRIENTES (2) (7058gt) : Refrigerated cargo ship built 1943 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland (triple-exapansion steam engine by North East Marine Engine Co (1938) Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne) as EMPIRE CROMER for MoWT managed by Blue Star Line. 1946 – Sold to Donaldson Line, Glasgow, and renamed CORRIENTES (2). 1954 – Sold to Blue Star Line. She was intended to become OAKLAND STAR, but instead was sold on. 1955 – Sold to Williamson & Co Ltd., Hong Kong in the January, and renamed INCHMAY, managed by the Inch Line. 1966 – Sold to National Shipping Corporation of Pakistan, Karachi, and renamed KAUKHALI. She was broken up at Karachi in 1968. (wikipedia // inchmay) (also P02.2896)(see P02.192 for CORRIENTES(1)).