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I wonder if your relatives are in this photo?
'The mailboat arriving at Newhaven'
Does anyone know the name of this ship in the picture?
It's the French-flagged Arromanches (1947). Distinguishable from her twin sister Londres by the fact the her forward navigation lights are mounted at the from corner of her superstructure. Londres had hers mounted on the wings of the bridge. She's flying the Red Ensign as a courtesy flag from the foremast and the Newhaven-Dieppe houseflag from the mainmast. I can't make out the other flag flying from the mainmast in black and white, but in the days before VHF radio, our steamers would fly signal flags to indicate information such as number of passengers on board. These would be spotted and the information forwarded from the West Pier to the harbour offices by telephone.
This would be after war. I believe the Worthing and the Brighton belong to SR. One was lost at Dunkirk my next door neighbour Mr. Crowcher was killed in the engine room.
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