Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. ANVERS, glass negative

Starboard broadside view of S.S. ANVERS, Cardiff Docks, 1948.

ss. ANVERS (7023gt) : Built 1941 as EMPIRE MASEFIELD by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1942 – Allocated to the Belgian Government, and renamed BELGIAN SEAMAN. 1946 – Sold to Armement Deppe SA, Belgium, and renamed ANVERS. 1952 – Sold to Compagnie Belge d’Expansion Maritimes, and renamed CIERVAUX. 1960 – Sold to M.Angelos Ltd., London, and renamed MIHALIS ANGELOS. 1963 – Sold to Maradelanto Compagnia Navigazione, but managed by M. Angelos Ltd. (same name). 1965 – Sold to Celestial Shipping Corporation SA, Panama, and renamed GLORIA, managed by Gloria Shipping Ltd., Hong Kong. She was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1967. (wikipedia)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2228

Measurements

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