Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. ALBION STAR, glass negative
¾ Starboard Bow view of S.S. ALBION STAR, 12 May 1947.
ss. ALBION STAR (7920gt) : Launched as WAR HERCUBA but completed June 1919 by Workman, Clarke & Co Ltd., Belfast, as ALBIONSTAR for Albionstar Steamship Co Ltd., managed by Blue Star Lines Ltd. She was a twin-screw refrigerated vessel. 1920 – Transferred to Union Cold Storage Co Ltd., managed by Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd. 1929 – Renamed ALBION STAR (same owners and managers). 1948 – Sold to British Iron & Steel Company (BISCO), and broken up by T.W. Ward Co Ltd, at Briton Ferry. (ref : - BlueStarLine.org)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1516
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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