Southampton has always been a major import port for refrigerated goods. In the post-war much of the UK’s banana imports arrived from the Caribbean and other goods arrived from South Africa and Australasia. Here we look at some of the refrigerated cargo vessels that used the port in the 1960s and 1970s.

All photos courtesy of Don Smith/phototransport.com.

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