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ORIGINAL REAL MATT PHOTO POSTCARD

CARGO STEAMER

“CAIRNISLA”

IN SHARPNESS LOCK BASIN

POSTALLY USED CARD POSTED SHARPNESS. CANNOT QUITE MAKE OUT YEAR (PRE 1915) POSTED SEP 26, THE WRITER OF CARD (WILL) STATES HE STEERED THE SHIP UP TO SHARPNESS (PILOT?)

SOME MARKS ON IMAGE JUST ABOVE MAIN MAST SLIGHTLY SPOTTED EDGES ELSE VERY GOOD SCARCE IMAGE

“CAIRNISLA”, SEEN HERE LOADED WITH TIMBER, WITH TYPICAL “TIMBER SHIP” LIST, WAS BUILT BY SHORT BROTHERS AT THEIR PALLION YARD, SUNDERLAND,  IN 1896 FOR CAIRNS YOUNG NOBLE, (CAIRN LINE) NEWCASTLE, SOLD TO PETER DIXON IN 1915 RENAMED “WEST MARSH”, SOLD TO GREEK OWNERS 1930 RENAMED “POPI”, SOLD IN AGAIN IN 1956 TO COSTA RICA RENAMED “MARY K”

SANK IN THE DARDENELLES AFTER CARGO SHIFTED 1957, UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE LOSS OF ALL HANDS

 

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