Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT AKLAVIK, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. FORT AKLAVIK, 03 November 1947.
S.S. FORT AKLAVIK (7132gt). North Sands type built 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Dock Co., North Vancouver, for MoWT (managed by Dodd, Thompson & Co., London. 1946 – Managed by Novocastria Shipping Co., for Ministry of Transport, London. 1950 – Sold to Dalhousie Steam & Motor Ship Co., London, and renamed IRENE DAL. 1952 – Sold to Cia. Maritima Volcan SA, Panama, and renamed VOLCAN (managed by Trans Oceanic SS Co., Karachi). 1953 – Sold to Trans Oceanic Steamship Co., Karachi, Pakistan and renamed OCEAN ENVOY. She was broken up at Karachi in 1966.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1777
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (circa)
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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