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Leicester

Leicester was one of the 2 'Liberty' ships acquired by Federal SN after WWII. 'Stafford' was the other.
Leicester
Built: 1944 Bethlehem-Fairfield, Fairfield
Tonnage: 7,219grt
Owners: Federal Steam Navigation
1944: Built as 'Samesk' for MOWT
1947: To FSN, r/n 'Leicester'
1950: Inagua
1958: Serafin Topic
1962: Jela Topic
1965: Viking iberty
1966: Wrecked off Trinidad 21.1.1966, broken up Santander.
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Rossbay

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Hi Brent,

A fine old photo and thanks for her history ,I remember an old 'Liberty' ship visiting Londonderry many years ago,

Cheers, Fred
 
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Thanks Fred--the only one I remember seeing(at Napier) was the 'President Pretorius' in 1962.
Regards, Brent
 
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There was a great book written about her. She was abandoned, lying on her beam ends, after an Atlantic hurricane, reboarded and continued sailing for a few years more.
Does anyone remember the name of the book?
Regards, Roy.
 

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