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Category Archives: Ships
Not the Reef Knot (9) Rotterdam Revisited
Written by Howard Burr. I last saw the Rotterdam as a teenager way back in 1972 I think it was. She was docked at G -berth in Cape Town harbour and had called there on part of her round the … Continue reading
Posted in Cruiseships, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Photo Essay, Retrospective, Ships, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged cruise, Durban, Holland America Line, Rotterdam, ship, The Reef Knot, Transvaal Branch of the World Ship Society, WSS
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Not the Reef Knot (8) A Visit to the Queen Mary
In 1993 Rudi Van Dijk travelled to the USA to see the Queen Mary. Judging by the slides he brought back it must have been an amazing visit, in-spite of the shop doing the processing damaging a number of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cruiseships, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Retrospective, Ships, United Kingdom
Tagged Cunard, Hotel Queen Mary, Long Beach, RMS Queen Mary, The Reef Knot, Transvaal Branch of the World Ship Society, USA
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