Beautiful company post card of Nelson Lines Highland-class sister ships.Those five sisters built by Harland & Wolff in 1928-1930 for Nelson Line's South America service were regular visitors to Lisbon and one of them, the HIGHLAND HOPE was lost at Berlengas Islands and replaced by a sixth sister. Another was lost on WW2 and the final four were replaced in 1959-1960 by Royal Mail Lines final A-class liners AMAZON, ARAGON and ARLANZA.
During the Great Depression Nelson Line was one of the shipping companies that lost independence and the respective fleet and services were merged with Royal Mail Lines. In this post card the HIGHLAND X.. is depicted somewhere off Tenerife Island on her way South to Buenos Aires.
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4 comments:
belos estes seus postais
um abraço
lino
... o que eu deconhecia era que o navio tinha estabilizadores
Os Highlands não tinham estabilizadores. O primeiro navio da Royal Mail a ser equipado com esta inovação foi o ANDES de 1939 na década de 1950...
Engraçado como a obra do José Saramago "O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis" começa com a descrição da entrada do HIGHLAND BRIGADE no Tejo, e do próprio navio, trazendo o protagonista do livro a bordo :)
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