Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S FORT MOOSE, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Three quarter Port Stern view of S.S. FORT MOOSE, at Cardiff Dock, c. 1947/1948.

(7130gt) : North Sands type built 1943 by United Shipyards Ltd., Montreal, for MoWT (managed by Larringa Steamship Co., Liverpool). 1948 – Returned to Canadian Government, sold to Acadia Overseas Freighters, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and renamed HALIGONIAN PRINCE. 1950 – Sold to Counties Ship Management Co., London, and renamed TULSE HILL. 1966 – Sold to Greek owners and renamed ASTRONAFTIS. 1968 – Sold to Cuban owners and renamed CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES. She was broken up at Vinaroz, Spain in 1973.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/1217

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 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
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