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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