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Cargo ship at steamer's pier
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Cargo ship at steamer's pier

Barrels of herring waiting to be loaded on to the cargo ship at Stronsay.
Picture added on 08 February 2009
Comments:
I think that this is the M.S. Isis; 4,454 tons, originally of the Hamburg American Line - taken over in 1926 by DDG Kosmos.

However, she sank off lands end in 1936 in a storm with the loss of 39 crew.
Added by Steven Flett on 14 November 2010
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Stronsay

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