The Archive · 1938

For Shanghai Run

Danish Queen Officiates At Launching of Kina

The port of Shanghai, in the spring, will see the latest addition lio the East Asiatic Company's flee: lof, motor vessels, the 12,000-:0n freight and passenger carrier Kina, li was announced here yesterday. The vessel which was launched at Nakskov Shipyards, Denmark, on November 5 by Her Majesty Queen Alexandrine, will be placed on the Europe-Far Eastern route, it was stated, Both the King and Queen of Denmark were present at the launching ceremony in the Danish island town. The Queen named the ship "Kina," which is the Danish werd for "China" The owners were represented by the senior director, H.R.H. Prince Axel, and several other members of the Board of Directors an

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