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My grandfather's slide says: 'Go down' Penang.

Barge loading latex onto the Tegelberg, Penang.

Penang, barque built 1905 as the Albert Rickmers later passing into the fleet of Capt. Gustaf Erikson of Mariehamn. She was torpedoed off of Ireland in 1941. An impression of her at sea - Watercolour 21in x 13in. Tony Westmore

Swettenham Wharf, George Town, Penang from a book entitled 'PENANG (Prince of Wales Island) The Picturesque Island of Malaya', undated but certainly pre-WW2. Swettenham Pier (as it now seems to be called) has recently been extended to accommodate large cruise-ships.

In connection with yesterday's comments on my post of Georgetown, here's a composite picture from slides shot in the Snake Temple in 1968.

From a 1968 slide

From a faded 1968 slide

From a 1968 slide

From a 1968 slide

From a 1968 slide

Just an ordinary fishing boat at Telok Bahang, Penang, Malaysia

Penang - Butterworth Ferry.

A commercial cruise ship.

Looking towards Swettenham Pier from the Georgetown ferry terminal in Penang, Malaysia. This pier is also used by the Langkawi ferry (avoid like the plague if there is a heavy swell).

Doesn't look too seaworthy! Good place to eat.

IMO Number: 9494929 Flag: Malaysia Length: 105.0m Beam: 19.0m Callsign: 9MII2

Anchored off Butterworth in Penang Strait.

Unidentified cargo ship off Penang - 1985.

The Penang photographed from the Parma in the thirties. She was launched with the name Albert Rickmers in The Rickmers yard in Bremerhafen in 1905. In 1911 she got the name Penang when Laeisz bought her. In 1920 she became Finnish with Nurminen in Helsingfors. Erikson bought her in 1924. She was...