Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT ASH, glass negative
¾ Starboard Stern view of S.S. FORT ASH, c. 1946/1947.
FORT ASH (7131gt) : North Sands type vessel built 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver, BC for MoWT (managed by Dene Shipping Co.) London. 1946 – Transferred to MOT (Houlder Bros.) London. 1950 – Sold to Houlder Bros & Co, London and renamed ROYSTON GRANGE. 1952 – Sold to I.N.S.A. Soc di Nav., Genoa, and renamed GIUAN. 1960 – Sold to Portoria Cia di Nav. SpA, Genoa, and renamed CINQUETERRA. 1961 – Sold to Myrinella Naviera SA, Piraeus, and renamed TILEMAHOS. 1965 – Sold to Triton Shipping (Gibraltar) Ltd, Gibraltar, and renamed ELICOS. She was broken up at Split in 1966.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/956
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1946-1947 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 80
Width
(mm): 107
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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