Boats - Sailing - Ships
Jun. 06, 1959 - Strange - but true: A few days ago, the new York harbour had a strange visitor. High above the buildings at the Brooklyn Waterfront the black bow of a foreign ship rose. At the front a swastika-which puzzled many. A German passenger ship? T troupe transporter?-No. It is the Indian It is the indian freighter jaladhanya (Jaladhanya), loading goods for bombay. The Keystone-repor ter would have liked to have spoken with the captain, but unfortunately he was at lunch. But our reporter had an interview with playmaster D.K. Abraham (Abraham)-left-and the 3rd officer S.K. Puri (Puri). Very friendly, they answered a few questions: The Jaladhanya was build about a year ago in Luebeck/Germany and delivered from the Fledner wharf to the Scindia Steamship Company Ltd Bombay/India. It has 6257 gross registered tons. The swastika is an Indian symbol, thousands of years old. The sip will soon visit also Hamburg or Bremen
