Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. EMPIRE ISLANDER, glass negative

Port Broadside view of S.S EMPIRE ISLANDER, at Cardiff Docks, c.1948.

(2066gt) : Built as a collier in 1943 by Grangemouth Dockyard for MoWT . 1949 Sold to A.F. Henry & McGregor Ltd., Leith, and renamed RATTRAY HEAD. Converted from coal to oil-burning during this period. 1960 Sold to Gino Gardella, Genoa, Italy , and renamed BRICK QUARTO. She was broken up at Savona in October 1973. : (wikipedia) (mariners-l)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2033

Creation/Production

Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (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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