Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. DRAKENSBURG CASTLE, glass negative
Bow view of S.S. DRAKENSBURG CASTLE at Cardiff Docks, 1948.
ss DRAKENBURG CASTLE (9904gt) : Built 1944/45 as EMPIRE ALLENBY by J.L.Thompson & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, for MoWT, managed by Prince Line (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd.). 1946 - Sold to Union Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd., and renamed DRAKENSBURG CASTLE. 1949 - Sold to Hong Kong Salvage & Towage Co, Hong Kong, and broken up there in the September of that year. (Wikipedia)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1928
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948
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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