carlsen flying enterprise de holman gordon (2 résultats)

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First edition in publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. SS Flying Enterprise was a 6,711 ton Type C1-B ship which sank off Cornwall in 1952. She was built in 1944 as SS Cape Kumukaki for the United States Maritime Commission for use in World War II. The ship was sold in 1947 and operated in scheduled service under the name Flying Enterprise. At the end of 1951, on a voyage from Hamburg to the USA with mixed cargo and a few passengers, she was crippled by storm damage and shifting cargo. Passengers and crew were evacuated. Three weeks of effort to save the ship having failed, she sank in January and some of the cargo was later salvaged. Contains 32 pp + covers with 76 monochrome photographs throughout, small map. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHIPPING (Liners, Merchant).