I was shown around her in 1966 during the seamens strike by my navigating counterpart. I remember that I thought the hull looked a bit rough with all those layers of thick paint on her. I've never really been a lover of the Art-Deco style, but for all that, inside she exuded "class". Until I was shown the "lower end" accommodation, and even worse was the almost squalor in parts of the crew accommodation. For some reason that now escapes me, I was also intrigued by all the dog kennels up beside the funnels. BY.
