Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. ELNA E, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Starboard broadside view of S.S. ELNA E at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.

S.S. ELNA E (1174 grt.). Built in 1925 by Laxevaags Maskin & Jernskibsbyggeri, Bergen, Norway, her yard no. being 139. Her owners were D/S A/S Forto (Leif Erichsen mgr.), Bergen (Norway) On 16 March she struck a mine 18 miles south west of Lundy Island and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Plymouth with patent fuel.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/653

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1936 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 120
Width (mm): 164

Techniques

Gelatin dry plate glass negative
Glass negative
Negative

Material

Glass
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