
Clyde Steamship Company - steamer Algonquin ~ Nice postcard, circa 1930 (it has to be between 1926 and 1935). It is unused and undated. Someone wrote "Algonquin" on the front. My scan should give you a pretty good idea of the card's condition. Click on it to enlarge it greatly. The Algonquin, Mohawk, Seminole and Cherokee (5,897 grt, 402 ft. long) were all built in 1925-26. The Mohawk was sunk in 1935 following a collision with a freighter off New Jersey, while the Cherokee, serving as a troop transport, was torpedoed and sunk in 1942. Both the Seminole and Algonquin were hospital ships during WW2 and survived to be scrapped during the 1950s.