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560:MS GULLFOSS - Eimskipafelag Islands
369:Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
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1030:Shipwrecks in the Red Sea
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387:. In 1953 she was in the
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191:General characteristics
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67:Eimskipafelag Islands
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454:Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
411:and around Iceland.
789:George K. MacKenzie
574:. Edinphoto.org.uk.
550:. Faktaomfartyg.se.
548:M/S GULLFOSS (1950)
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562:. Ships Nostalgia.
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113:Yard number
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1004:Categories
943:Dumlupınar
652:Kirk Pride
630:Shipwrecks
504:References
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532:Archived
494:See also
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420:Malmöhus
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373:Bordeaux
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310:In 1939
305:Gullfoss
301:Gullfoss
297:Scotland
284:Gullfoss
252:Capacity
161:Homeport
156:MV Mecca
121:Launched
63:Operator
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39:Iceland
33:History
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478:, and
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409:London
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393:Azores
377:France
318:, but
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212:Length
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484:Egypt
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83:Route
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