Bronze Age Gold from Wales
M.V. BRITISH FORTITUDE, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of M.V. BRITISH FORTITUDE, 26 January 1948.
(8482gt) : Tanker built 1937 by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead, powered by a Doxford 4-cylinder opposed piston diesel engine, for the British Tanker Co. Ltd., London. 1943 - While en route (in ballast) from Barry, South Wales to Curacao as part of a convoy, she was torpedoed and damaged by U-202 on 23rd February. She arrived at Guantanamo on 8th March, and was repaired at Galveston and back in service by May. 1957 - Transferred to BP Tanker Co., and renamed ANGLIAN FORTITUDE. She was broken up at Burcht, Belgium, in August 1958.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1900
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 26/01/1948
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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