Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. MINA L. CAMBANIS, glass negative
Three quarter Starboard Bow view of S.S. MINA L. CAMBANIS, at Cardiff Dock, c.1948.
S.S. MINA L. CAMBANIS (5227gt). Built 1919 by Wm. Pickersgill & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, as WAR SMILEX for The Shipping Controller, but launched 1920 as ss SOMERTON for Atlantic Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd., (managed by Tatem Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Cardiff). Ownership was transferred to W.J.Tatem in 1922. 1935 Sold to L.Cambanis, Andros, and renamed MINA L.CAMBANIS. 1954 Sold to Maritsa Nav. Ltda., Costa Rica, and renamed AIS NIKOLAS. She arrived at Rotterdam in November 1958 with a cargo of timber and was laid up after grounding and developing leaks. 1959 Sold to Frank Rijsdijk Ind. Ond., and broken up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2015
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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