Boats - Sailing - Ships

Jun. 06, 1955 - Japan Sends Her Show Cargo Liner to London. Most Modern Cargo-Liner in The World.: The newly commissioned Japanese liner the 11, 000 ton ton Sagami Maru has arrived at the South West India Dock, London. She has been sent as a showpiece by the Japanese Authorities in the hope that she will impress British businessmen so that they will ship more good in Japanese shipyards. She is claimed to be the most modern cargo-liner in the world - most of her interior fitting being of plastic. Photo shows View in the Chart Room aboard the Sagami Maru - showing the tiny Shinto Temple above the table

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Authorities Businessmen Claimed Commissioned Fitting Impress Maru Sagami Sends Shinto Shipyards Showpiece Tiny

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