Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT ENTERPRISE, glass negative
Starboard bow view of S.S. FORT ENTERPRISE at Cardiff Docks.
North Sands type vessel built 1943 by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver (engine by Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal), for MoWT, managed by Hall Bros., London. 1949 – Transferred to the Ministry of Transport, managed by Dalhousie Steam & Motor Ship Co., London. 1951 – Sold to Tavistock Shipping Co., London, and renamed TAVISTOCK, managed by Purvis Shipping Co. 1952 – Sold to Island Shipping Co., London, and renamed SOUTHWICK, managed by Ivanovic & Co. 1956 – Sold to T & J Brocklebank Ltd., Liverpool, and renamed MAHSUD. 1961 – Sold to Grand Shipping Co Ltd., Hong Kong, and renamed MARINE TRAVELLER. 1962 – Sold to The Herald Shipping Co Ltd., Hong Kong, and renamed BANDHARA. 1964 – Renamed OTONE (same owner). She was broken up at Hirao in 1966. (Mariners List Fort ships)