morayshire
MORAYSHIRE
Built: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Hebburn-on-TYne.
Launched: 1898
Length: 420 ft / 128 m
Beam: 54 ft / 16.46 m
Draft: 28.7 ft / 8.74 m
Crew: 48
1898 Launched for the Elderslie S.S.Co., Glasglow. Served as a supply ship during the Boer War, voyaging between Australia and South Africa.
1910 Owned by the Scottish Shire Line Ltd., then Blue Star Line.
1917 Missed by U-boat torpedo.
1929 Sold to G & S Rizzuto, Italy, renamed Fortunestar.
1942 Taken over by Swiss Nautilus S.A. and renamed Lugano for use as a Red Cross safe conduct ship for taking food to the Swiss people.
1948 Reverted to Messina; South American service.
1952 Arrived at Savona for demolition.
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Bowsprite 
So happy to receive a sign of life from you.
Tell me more ! How and where are you ?
Your towel Hold Fast 2015 gives me daily joy.
With all my love
Barbara
Heartening to see you still afloat, pressure in the boilers, and steaming lamp lit.
Nothing untouched by war under the sun? Time for some flower power!