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This ship is quite possibly the KINDUR.
I note that, on her right, there are two fairly similar-sized ships. These two are probably the BARON xxx and the BARON yyy. Irvine built quite a few ‘BARONS’ and they were all about 341ft long.
From the ‘BARONS’ I estimate this ship at between 150ft and 250ft long.
A ‘Clyde’ website has the following:
* KINDUR built by Ayrshire Dockyard
* Yard No 513 Built: 1928
* Cargo Vessel * Length: 221ft
Since the image is dated Oct, 1927, it seems reasonable that the above “Built” date of 1928 means a completion date. There could easily be three months’ work outstanding which would take us into early 1928.
I also found two photos of a ship called KINDUR and I noted many similarities with the Irvine yard photo, especially the style of the stern (slopes forward and inward), the four curve-downs along the ‘deck’ edge, and the open under deck space – in shadow in both photo.
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