Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. ELNA E, glass negative

Port broadside view of S.S. ELNA E. at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.

S.S. ELNA E (1174 grt.). Built in 1925 by Laxevaags Maskin & Jernskibsbyggeri, Bergen, Norway, her yard no. being 139. Her owners were D/S A/S Forto (Leif Erichsen mgr.), Bergen (Norway) On 16 March she struck a mine 18 miles south west of Lundy Island and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Plymouth with patent fuel.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/637

Creation/Production

Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1936 (circa)

Acquisition

Purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 120
Width (mm): 164

Techniques

gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative

Material

glass

Location

In store
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