This 6 x 4 postcard has amazing detail for it's era. You can clearly see the workers in the slipway and is a credit to Alan Evans the photographer. For the First Time Ever, now available at USD$7.95.

ss CATHAY

●built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow, Yard No 602
●Engines by ShipbuildersPort of Registry: Glasgow
●Propulsion: Two four cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines, 13437ihp, twin screws, 16 knots.
●Launched: Friday, 31 October 1924
●Built: 1925
●Ship Type: Passenger Liner
●Ship's Role: UK/Australia service
●Tonnage: 15104 gross; 8696 net; 11220 dwt
●Length: 546ft 10in overall; 522ft 3in bp
●Breadth: 70ft 3in
●Draught: 30ft 2in
●Owner History:
●Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
●Status: Bombed & Sunk - 12/11/1942


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