Here is a another oldie.
During the closing stages of WW2 the German merchant marine was nearly decimated. To help fill the gaps a small, simple design was adopted (in fact one of several types), the Hansa Typ A, was a small ship aroun 300 feet in length, driven by triple-expansion steam engine, the boilers could burn coal or fuel. But because of Allied bombings and so most ships were not completed, only 37 in total were completed, most of which went to the Allies. One of them which went to Belgium was operated by Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, part of the Compagnie Maritaime Belge (CMB) company and named Kindu. The ship was in Belgian hands untill 1951 and sold to a Sweddish company, which in turn later sold the ship to Greece, there she stayed untill scrapped in 1977 in Spain. Many of these Hansa Typ A went to Britain and some were in Soviet hands.
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Thank you Kim for the crest
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