Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. BARON CARNEGIE, glass negative
3/4 starboard bow view of S.S. BARON CARNEGIE, at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.
S.S. BARON CARNEGIE (3178gt). Built 1925 by Dunlop Bremner & Co, Port Glasgow for the Kelvin Shipping Co. (H Hogarth & Sons), Ardrossan. On the 11th June 1941 she was bombed and strafed by a German aircraft 15 miles west of St.Davids Head, sailing under Captain George Cumming in ballast from Milford Haven for Takoradi (Ghana) as part of Convoy OB-334. Disabled and split down both sides, she was taken in tow but sank shortly after midnight. Out of the 39 crew, including military gunners, 25 were killed or missing presumed dead.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/188
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 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
Location
In store
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