Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. PENTRIDGE HILL, glass negative

¾ starboard bow view of S.S. PENTRIDGE HILL, c. 1948.

ss PENTRIDGE HILL (7579gt) : Built 1941 by Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, for Dorset Steamship Co Ltd., managed by Counties Ship Management Co. 1949 – Transferred to London & Overseas Freighters Ltd., and renamed LONDON DEALER in 1950. 1951 – Sold to Sociedad Transoceania Canopus SA, Liberia, and renamed CENTAURUS, managed by Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd., London. Registered under the Greek flag in 1960. 1961 – Sold to Compania Naviera Adriatica Ltda., Lebanon, and renamed NAJLA. 1964 – Sold to Jos Boel et Fils, Belgium, for scrapping. She was broken up at Tamise in 1965.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2336

Creation/Production

Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)

Acquisition

Purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): 107

Techniques

gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative

Material

glass

Location

In store
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