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Booth Line, Liverpool - Steamship S.S. Hilary

Booth Line, Liverpool - Steamship S.S. Hilary - a British steam passenger liner that was built in 1931 and scrapped in 1959. She spent much of her career on a scheduled service between Liverpool in England and Manaus in Brazil. In the Second World War the ship spent two periods in the Royal Navy as HMS Hilary. The first was in 1941-42 as an ocean boarding vessel. The second was in 1943-45 as a landing ship, infantry and headquarters ship

Picture No
14150024
Media ID
46839322
Size
5424px x 3437px (4.0MB)
Credit
The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s

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