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Gustaf Erikson and his ships

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The Penang in the Millwall Docks.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: P70313
Description: The Finnish barque 'Penang' (1905) discharging grain in the Millwall Docks in 1932. Built at Bremerhaven as the 'Albert Rickmers', she was bought and renamed by Laeisz of Hamburg in 1910. In October 1923 she was bought by Gustaf Erikson and put on the Australia wheat trade. In December 1940 she was torpedoed by a U-boat and lost with all hands.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1932
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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