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From: Jackie <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] SS URDANETTA
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:56:55 -0700
In-Reply-To: <015001c477ea$70cecc30$d1ca4e51@finch96fpe5ia0>


Hi Ted,

Thank you! Yes, this is it! Your assistance is gratefully
appreciated. So my mother's voyage would probably taken place in
August 1927 assuming the URDANETA would have taken to sea immediately
after launch.

My mother recalls how the ship lost all steam for several hours when an
engine quit (near the Azores?) and how they had to fly a distress flag
as she was drifting towards rocks.

regards,
Jackie


On Sunday, August 1, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Ted Finch wrote:

> Hi Jackie,
>
> This was the URDANETA. 2,647 gross tons, length 305.4ft x beam 50.2ft,
> twin
> screw, speed 9.5 knots. Built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co,
> Newcastle
> (Yard No.972), she was launched Aug.1927 for Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co,
> Maracaibo.

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