Bronze Age Gold from Wales

King's Dock, Swansea, negative

Electric and hydraulic cranes loading/unloading general cargo aboard M.V. OBUSAI berthed outside 'B' shed at the western end of King's Dock, Swansea

M.V. OBUASI (2) (5883gt). Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for Elder-Dempster Line. Launched June 1952. She was one of the Elder-Dempster's "cadet" ships where the deck crew consisted of twenty apprentices (all E-D apprentices were required to do nine months training aboard a working ship). She was sold to a Hong Kong firm in 1972 but was lost in the Irriwaddy River very soon afterwards.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1996.96/2548

Measurements

Length (mm): 61
Width (mm): 91
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