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elizabethanderssen
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USA
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Posted - 22/06/2009 :  00:15:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a gt. gt. grandfather ( Jorgen Andersen) and his 5 brothers who were all captainsout of Sandefjord. I have a list of their ships and was wondering if there is anywhere where I could find pictures of the ships.

jwiborg
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Norway
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Posted - 22/06/2009 :  01:50:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Try to contact The Norwegian Shipping History Society
(And possibly through the mailaddress for "Bildesamlinger" (Picture collections))...

Jan Peter
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elizabethanderssen
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Posted - 22/06/2009 :  06:03:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank-you so much. I'll wait to hear what they tell me!
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