Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Barry Docks, negative

Loading a return cargo onto M.V. GEESTBAY at Barry Docks. Banana boats were loaded up with general cargo for their return to the Windward Islands.

M.V. GEESTBAY (7891GT) built 1964 by Nederlandsche Dok, Amsterdam, for Geest Industries Ltd., Boston. 1973 – Sold to Christian Haaland, Norway, and renamed NORTH STAR. 1975 – Sold to Mariime Company Overseas, Monrovia, and renamed ISLA VERDE. She was broken up at Huangpu, Shanghai, in 1984.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1996.96/1941

Creation/Production

British Transport Docks Board
Date: 05/1968

Acquisition

Donation, 14/5/1996

Measurements

Length (mm): 61
Width (mm): 93

Techniques

film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative

Material

film (photographic)

Location

In store

Classification

import and export
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