Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. BARON NAPIER, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Starboard Broadside view of S.S. BARON NAPIER, at Cardiff Docks, 01 September 1947.

ss BARON NAPIER (2) (3659gt) : Built 1930 by D & W Henderson Ltd., Glasgow, for H. Hogarth & Son. 1957 – Sold to Cia de Vapores, Liberia, and renamed PARCORALI. She was stranded on Rosslyn Rock, on 17th February 1961. Although refloated the next day, she was deemed a constructive total loss, and sold to Hong Kong Rolling Mills Ltd for breaking up.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/1675

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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