Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. CLAN ANGUS, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Starboard broadside view of S.S. CLAN ANGUS at Cardiff Docks.

Built 1942 as EMPIRE PRINCE by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd., Dundee, for MoWT, managed by West Wales Steamship Co (Gibbs & Co.), Cardiff. 1945 – Sold to Clan Line Ltd., and renamed CLAN ANGUS, 1956 – Transferred (chartered?) to Bullard King & Co Ltd., and renamed UMKUZI for the East African run. 1959 – Returned to Clan Line and reverted to CLAN ANGUS. She was broken up at Hirao in 1962. (TheShipsList.com)(mariners-lco.uk)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2841

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1949 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 81
Width (mm): 106

Techniques

Gelatin dry plate glass negative
Glass negative
Negative

Material

Glass
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