Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT CUMBERLAND, glass negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. FORT CUMBERLAND, 1948.
S.S. FORT CUMBERLAND (7123gt). North Sands type, built 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver (engines by Allis-Chalmers) for MoWT, managed by Lyle Shipping Co. 1950 – Sold to Lyle Shipping Co., Glasgow, and renamed CAPE FRANKLIN. 1956 – Sold to West Africa Navigation Company, Monrovia, and renamed AFRICA SKY. 1960 – Acquired by General Navigation Ltd., of Monrovia (name retained). She was broken up at Yokosaka in 1966. (There was also a T2-SE-A1 tanker (machinery aft) named FORT CUMBERLAND – built in 1944).
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2233
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 107
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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