Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. MIDDLESEX TRADER, glass negative
3/4 Starboard Bow view of S.S. MIDDLESEX TRADER, c.1948.
ss MIDDLESEX TRADER (7241gt) : Built 1942 by J.L.Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, for Trader Navigation Co. Ltd., London. WW2 duty was mainly in the Mediterranean 1955 – Sold to Strovili Cia. Nav. SA, Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, and renamed STROVILI. 1956 – Sold to NV Anker Kolen Maatshappij, Rotterdam, and renamed ANKER. 1958 – Sold to Mariscula SpA., of Palermo, Italy and renamed CARNIA (managed by Pala & Franceschini). She was laid up at La Spezia from March 1963, and finally entered the yard of Terrestre Maritima at La Spezia in April 1965 for breaking up.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2090
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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