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Topic: Card of the week 51/52... S/S Minneapolis

AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 12-22-2002 11:51 AM

Length: 187,8 m
Beam: 19,8 m
GRT: 13,401 t
Built: 1900 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Operator: Atlantic Transport Line
Speed: 16 kn
Passengers: 228
Sister ships: Arabic (2), Minnehaha, Minnetonka

She was built for London - New York service.
In 1915 used as a troop ship by the Royal Navy.
On 03-23-1916 torpedoed and sunk off Malta by the German submarine U 35. 12 people lost their lives.

AJL

Merry Christmas!!

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 12-22-2002 12:18 PM

Thanks Aleksi, Merry Christmas to you too.

As usual, nice and interesting postcard.

Essential question: Did Santa Claus already leave your beutiful country? (I saw yes on TV but just wanted to have an advised information from a nice true Finnish).

Posts: 1193 | From: France ...where the greatest liners ever are born, ...by far! | Registered: Feb 99 | IP: Logged

AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 12-22-2002 12:39 PM

Hello Dominique!!

According to my sources (the elves) Santa has left from Korvatunturi, Lapland, so he is pretty busy handing out gifts but he is used to it having worked for hundreds of years...

Btw. free translation from Korvatunturi is ear fjeld or ear mountain fell... the wonderful language of Finnish!!

AJL

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WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 12-23-2002 11:20 AM

AJL - What a nice Christmas present since I was born and raised in Minneapolis. Thanks!!!

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seaprincess
Just Boarded
Member # 3452

posted 12-24-2002 11:20 AM

Thanks for sharing the beauty. Merry Christmas.

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