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Papers of the SS Corfu Island

  • MS-4-231, SF Box 21, Folder 19
  • File
  • 1953-1962
File contains papers of the SS Corfu Island, including a survey of the vessel from March 4, 1953, a list of crew members from July 11, 1957 to May 14, 1960, and miscellaneous papers from 1956, 1961, and 1962.

SS Corfu Island.

Pencil and ink silhouettes by Donald Cameron Mackay of seven allied ships

Item consists of seven small pencil and ink silhouette ship drawings by D.C. Mackay on India paper in the early 1940s. Ships depicted include RMS Aquitania, RMS Monarch of Bermuda/Queen of Bermuda, RMS Empress of Britain, RMS Empress of Australia, HMS Malaya, HMS Valiant, and HMS Enterprise. Includes tonnage and dimensions information.

Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of ship silhouettes

Item consists of a series of pencil silhouette sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely in the early 1940s. Sketch includes HMCS Saskatoon, USS Kaweah [misidentified as Keweah], and Fort Amherst, as well as four other unidentified ships, in convoy formation.

Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal Island with a small crowd of people amassed to observe

Item is a photograph of a salvaged boat. The hole in its keel was sustained by striking a piece of steel. An American ship went aground between Seal Island and Blonde Rock during World War II, and steel cargo was thrown overboard in an effort to lighten the vessel for subsequent salvage operations. The ejected steel remains a menace to fishing boats in those waters, where the tide rises and falls with a large margin.

Photograph of St. John's, Newfoundland viewed from the Signal Hill approach

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5, and duplicate to materials in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph looks down on Furness Wharf and the S/S Nova Scotia in the foreground. The roof of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist is visible in the background horizon.

Photograph of the accomodation ship Franklin from shore at Anaktalak Bay, near Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Item consists of a photograph of the Franklin, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel which served research needs in the Voisey's Bay area as an accommodation ship between 1996 and 2000. The ship was launched in 1979, but was declared as surplus in 1996. In 2003, the Franklin was recommissioned as the CCGS Amundsen, an arctic research vessel.

Photograph of the accomodation ship Franklin from shore at Anaktalak Bay, near Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Item consists of a photograph of the Franklin, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel which served research needs in the Voisey's Bay area as an accommodation ship between 1996 and 2000. The ship was launched in 1979, but was declared as surplus in 1996. In 2003, the Franklin was recommissioned as the CCGS Amundsen, an arctic research vessel.

Photograph of the accomodation ship Franklin from shore at Anaktalak Bay, near Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Item consists of a photograph of the Franklin, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel which served research needs in the Voisey's Bay area as an accommodation ship between 1996 and 2000. The ship was launched in 1979, but was declared as surplus in 1996. In 2003, the Franklin was recommissioned as the CCGS Amundsen, an arctic research vessel.
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