Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT LA CLOCHE, glass negative
Three quarter Starboard Stern view of S.S. FORT LA CLOCHE, at Cardiff Docks, c. 1947/1948.
S.S. FORT LA CLOCHE (7151gt). North Sands type built April 1944 by Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel for MoWT (managed by Buries Markes Ltd., London – McCowen & Gross Ltd from 1946). 1950 – Acquired by Nova Scotia Marine Enterprise Co., from the Canadian Government, but managed by Counties Ship Management Co., London, and renamed AKTI HILL. 1958 – Sold to Merida Cia. Nav.,of Panama and renamed CAPE DREPANON. She ran aground at Long Island on 1st February 1961, and although refloated on the 12th, was deemed a total loss and was sold for breaking up.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1258
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (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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