Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. FORT KOOTENAY, glass negative

Port broadside view of S.S. FORT KOOTENAY, at Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, c.1947/1948.

S.S. FORT KOOTENAY (7133gt). North Sands type built August 1942 by Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver for MoWT (managed by John Morrison & Son, Newcastle. 1947 – Returned to US Maritime Commission. 1948 – Sold to Navigazione “Alta Italia” Soc., Genoa, and renamed MONGIOIA. 1950 – converted to steam turbines with oil firing. 1966 – Sold to Astra Carriers Corporation, Monrovia, and renamed MONTJORGE. 1966 – renamed SEGRE (under the same ownership). 1967 – Broken up at La Spezia, Italy.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/1177

Creation/Production

Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 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

Location

In store
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