Independence
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:47 pm

For the 50th anniversary of the International Labour Organisation the Guyana Post Office issued two commemorative stamps, one showing the world's first all aluminium ship owned and built by Sprostons Ltd., Guyana. She is the motor vessel Independence, completed and registered in 1966, with a gross tonnage of 306, net 176 tons. Her dimensions are 119.8 x 26.2 x 13.2 ft. (depth), 7.6 ft. (draft). She has two oil engines having 6 cylinders and developing 360 b.h.p. SG502