M.V. PORT INVERCARGILL CAPE TOWN/TABLE MOUNTAIN/SUEZ CANAL

Description

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M.V. PORT INVERCARGILL - 1958-1967 - PORT LINE
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FINE & RARE Early 1960s Real Photo Postcard Unused & Unwritten
ALWAYS STORED IN A SMOKE-FREE ATMOSPHERE
Like all PORT LINE postcards, this one is very seldom offered for sale !
Condition
: Fine and
very scarce
Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) !!!  NO tears,  NO rips, NO discolorations, NO wrinkles, NO foxing, and NO yellowing, with
light edge wear
!!
Reverse side
: of this divided-back postcard is bright, clean and fresh with NO blemishes.
Brief Ship History
: This 10,463-ton Port line passenger-freighter was built by
Harland and Wolff
in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1958. In 1966, together with the Blue Star Line, Ben Line, Charente Steamship Co., and Ellerman & Bucknall, Port Line formed a new company - ACT (Associated Container Transportation Ltd), of which this ship was a mainstay.
In June 1967, PORT INVERCARGILL
was one of 15 ships trapped in the Suez Canal
by the outbreak of the
6-Day War
in the Middle East.  On 19 Feb 1969, she was declared a
constructive loss
by her Insurers, and two years later, all ships trapped in the Suez Canal by the war were
abandoned
. On 30 May 1975, PORT INVERCARGILL was towed to Port Said, Egypt for examination, and sold to Defteron Corporation, a Greek company. She was renamed KAVO KOLONES, towed to Piraeus, Greece, and put back in service. She was scrapped at Taiwan in August 1979.
This is a
gorgeous 50+ year old vintage postcard in excellent condition
!!
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The superb
image
shows PORT INVERCARGILL departing from TABLE BAY, CAPE TOWN, while a south-easter wind - the "Cape Doctor" - blows the "
tablecloth
" over TABLE MOUNTAIN
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It has always been stored in a smoke-free atmosphere
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