Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. LEEDS CITY, glass negative

Port Broadside view of S.S. LEEDS CITY.

Built 1927 by William Gray for the St. Just Steamship Co Ltd., managed by Wm. Reardon Smith, Cardiff. 1928 – Transferred to the Reardon Smith Line (same name). 1951 – Sold to Iino Kaiun Kaisha / Iino Shoji KK., Tokyo, Japan, renamed TERUSHIMA MARU, but ran aground in River Hooghly at Budge Budge near Calcutta on 20th August 1952, and became wrecked.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2405

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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