Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. ANNA, glass negative
Three quarter Starboard Bow view of S.S ANNA, c.1947/1948.
The 5,200 gross ton Anna, owned by N. D. Lykiardopulo of Athens, in the Queen Alexandra Dock, c. 1947. Note the wartime life-rafts suspended in the rigging of the masts. This vessel was built at Greenock in 1919 as Leapark for J. & J. Denholm of Glasgow.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
(5173gt) : Laid down as WAR BIRCH (2), but completed 1919 by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Ltd., Cartsdyke, Midlothian (engine by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd., Greenock), as LEAPARK for J & J Denholm Ltd., Greenock. 1920 –Sold to London & Piraeus Steamship Co., London, and renamed MOUNT ATHOS. 1921 Sold to N.D. Lykiardopulo, Argostoli, and renamed ANNA. 1953 Transferred to Cephalonian Maritime Co. (N.D. Lykiardopulo), Piraeus (same name). 1954 Sold to Cia de Vapores Loundini Ltd., Costa Rica, and renamed CAPETAN DIMITRIS. She was broken up at Osaka in 1959 following a collision with a barge train in the Mississippi River in the September. (lloyds register) (oceania.pbworks.com)