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In 1966, the design team at Austin & Pickersgill worked night and day to produce a design that would prove attractive to Basil Mavroleon, who had declared his willingness to buy a couple of “economy” ships “if the price was right”.
It was a time of maritime optimism, and half a dozen British yards advertised in the shipping press their new, deep sea vessel designs intended as a Liberty replacements.
But Austin & Pickersgill, at that time working on its SD14...
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