A postcard pic taken in the Welland Canal, Ontario, Canada. This was built in 1937 as Ravnefjell at Nylands Verksted, Oslo for A/S Luksefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad), Oslo, launched on 11/11 1938 and delivered on 24 January 1939. In 1940 Nortraship became managers from April. In January 1955 the ship was sold to Ekerholts Rederi A/S (Birger Ekerholt), Oslo and renamed Ringstein.
In January 1958 she was taken over by Birger Ekerholt, Oslo. In 1959 she was sold to Talamanca Cia. (Cia. Marittima Italiana, Genova, Italy), Panama and renamed Altair. On 11 September 1966 she was wrecked near Achowa Point, Ghana while on a voyage from Messina, Italy to Nigeria with bentonite.
Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37440
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