Hi, I am an author writing a novel with a young man voyaging on a cargo freighter. He embarks in June, 1966, on a vessel that's about a decade away from being sold for scrap. Old and seaworn.
I'm ideally looking for a real vessel that I can model my fictional one from, so that I will have accurate details about its construction, its engine(s), the route it might have taken (it needs to go through the Panama canal on a voyage to Asia).
If anyone has suggestions, ideally to a vessel that has photos, that would be very helpful. Fingers crossed and thanks in advance for any help.
I'm ideally looking for a real vessel that I can model my fictional one from, so that I will have accurate details about its construction, its engine(s), the route it might have taken (it needs to go through the Panama canal on a voyage to Asia).
If anyone has suggestions, ideally to a vessel that has photos, that would be very helpful. Fingers crossed and thanks in advance for any help.