Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. TEMPLE INN, glass negative
¾ Starboard Bow view of S.S. TEMPLE INN, at Cardiff Docks, 20 October 1947.
ss. TEMPLE INN (5231gt) : Launched December 1939 and completed 1940 by Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow (engined by Rankin & Blackmore), for the Temple Steamship Co., 1959 – Sold to A & D Chandris and renamed MARVIKI. She was lost on 22 July 1965 near Mormugoa after springing a leak while en route from Madras to Constanza with a cargo of iron ore. She had been beached and the crew removed, but then broke in two and sank. (notes from “clydesite” and TheShipsList)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1757
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (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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