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Fairly certain she seen here as Hanau although does seem to be some discrepancy around the bridge area? (possibly modified later)
Ribera b.1907 acquired 1921
4213 tons
Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg
Built as Hanau for German-Australian Line (Deutsche-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft), Hamburg
Her longest voyage was of 519 days, sailing from the Tyne with a cargo of coke and coal for Chile, then carrying full cargoes of salt, wheat, sugar and nitrates before returning to Cardiff.
One voyage was noteable in that most of the crew contracted dengue disease and had to be repatriated while a Chinese crew took over.
1919 allocated to Great britain as war reparations
1921 bought by Boltons
1931 laid up and subsequently broken up
The only ship to ever be disposed of by Bolton directly to a shipbreaker.
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