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General Maritime Artefacts
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Superb complete jigsaw puzzle of the old vessel the Caronia which is dated circa 1940’s/50’s. This was an old ship from the Cunard Steamship Navigation Company and was considered by many a superb ‘World Cruise Ship’ in its day. The jigsaw puzzle is in its original box, however the box shows a little wear from over the years.
[RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" [1] after her light green hull livery. She was one of the first "dual-purpose" ships, built both for 2-class transatlantic crossings and all 1st-class cruising. After leaving Cunard she was briefly Caribia in 1969, after which she was laid up in New York until 1974, when she was sold for scrap. While being towed to Taiwan for scrapping, she was caught in a storm on 12 August. After her tow lines were cut, she repeatedly crashed on the rocky breakwater outside Apra Harbour, Guam and broke into three sections.]
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