Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. CITY OF NEWPORT, glass negative
Port broadside view of S.S. CITY OF NEWPORT at Cardiff Docks.
Launched December 1943 as WILLIAM R. COX, but completed 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland (engine by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio), as SAMTWEED for MoWT, managed by Hall Lines Ltd., Liverpool. 1947 – Sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd., and renamed CITY OF NEWPORT, managed by Hall Lines Ltd. 1961 – Sold to Veritas Shipping Corp., (Greek flag) and renamed ISTROS II, managed by N & J Vlassopulos, London. She was broken up at Trieste, Italy, in 1967. (mariners-l // libertyships)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2949
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1950 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length (mm): 81
Width (mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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