ABKHAZIA (Black Sea Shipping Co)

official postcard, 

not posted, very minor knocks, small nick in top edge, 

6" x 4", 150mm x 100mm (approx)

our ref: SRF495

pictured at Sochi

ABKHAZIA (Black Sea Shipping Company)

Passenger liner launched at Stettin in 1939 as Marienburg. She was being built for Stettiner D.G. for service on the Baltic, but work was held up with the outbreak of war. The hull was captured by the Soviets and towed to Wismar for completion. Renamed Lensoviet she entered service on the Black Sea in 1956. Renamed Abkhazia in 1962. Broken up at Barcelona in 1983.