Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Letter - Correspondence, 25/01/1952
... ...captain (henrik) kurt carlsen...captain Kurt Carlsen and the Mate from the salvage tug on board. The ship sank when hit by a second storm 40 miles off Falmouth. Quinn Collection letters-from-abroad allan quinn alette andersen london-uk ss flying enterprise captain (henrik) kurt carlsen A pale blue self-folding letter (0893.a1) headed 37 Elsham Road, London W 14 and dated 25/01/52. ...
Allan writes of the sinking of the SS Flying Enterprise. Having been damaged in a storm it was towed about 300 miles with only the captain Kurt Carlsen and the Mate from the salvage tug on board. The ship sank when hit by a second storm 40 miles off Falmouth.Quinn CollectionA pale blue self-folding letter (0893.a1) headed 37 Elsham Road, London W 14 and dated 25/01/52. Letter is typed using a very small font. It is addressed to Mrs K Hayes, 14 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia and postmarked London W1. The return address is Allan Quinn, 37 Elsham Road, London W14.
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