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INDIAN OCEAN
1944

An abridged account of the sinking of     the S.S. Fort Buckingham

              by Norman Gibson
            Edited by Leo Zanelli

When these events took place in January 1944 I was a Deck Officer Apprentice aboard the S.S. Fort Buckingham sailing in ballast from Bombay to Buenos Aires with a stop over at Durban for bunkers

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S.S Fort Buckingham speed trials 1943
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