Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. BARON AILSA, glass negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. BARON AILSA at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1944 as EMPIRE HARCOURT by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool, and managed for MoWT by H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd.. . . 1946 – Sold to Kelvin Shipping Co Ltd (H.Hogarth & Son), and renamed BARON AILSA. 1955 – Sold to W.H.Muller & Co., NV, Rotterdam, and renamed IBERIA. 1962 – Sold to Tankers Finance Corp., Greece, and renamed CYCLADIKI DOXA, managed by S. Restis, Greece. 1964 – Sold to Compagnia Maritime Sarita SA, Greece, and renamed MOUNT SINAI, managed by N. Sotirakis & Co., Greece. She was broken up at Perama, Greece, in 1972. (wikipedia) (ShipsList)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2716
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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