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Trip reports / A strange ship in Rhodes greece +/- 1955
« on: November 11, 2011, 05:23:23 PM »
Hi All
On an arial photo, from somewhere around 1955, of the old town of Rhodes Greece, I came across a peculiar ship in port.
It seems to have a longwire antena across the length of it,
around the stern is some kind of cage construction,
on the port bow is something ??,
if it was a modern ship it has on top of the mast modern radar ??,
and midships it has a realy big raised platform marked with big letters FKW.
It seems to have derricks in front and aft of the platform, but with the antennas above.
It is all very strange, never seen anything like it before.
The wall running away from starbord is about 35 meters.
Is there anyone who can tell me anything about this ship.
Regards Rudolf O. Roffel
On an arial photo, from somewhere around 1955, of the old town of Rhodes Greece, I came across a peculiar ship in port.
It seems to have a longwire antena across the length of it,
around the stern is some kind of cage construction,
on the port bow is something ??,
if it was a modern ship it has on top of the mast modern radar ??,
and midships it has a realy big raised platform marked with big letters FKW.
It seems to have derricks in front and aft of the platform, but with the antennas above.
It is all very strange, never seen anything like it before.
The wall running away from starbord is about 35 meters.
Is there anyone who can tell me anything about this ship.
Regards Rudolf O. Roffel