Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Starboard broadside view of S.S. ST ROSARIO, at Cardiff Docks, 8 October 1947.

The South American Saint Line had its origins in two separate companies both established in 1926. They were amalgamated to form the B. & S. Shipping Co. Ltd. in 1933 under the management of Richard Street. Street's ambition was to establish a regular cargo line to the River Plate, and a number of vessels were acquired in the late 1930s. One of these was the 4,312 gross ton St Rosario, built at Sunderland in 1937 and seen here at Cardiff in October 1947. Sold to Swedish owners in 1952, she was cut up in 1969.

Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.

S.S. ST. ROSARIO (4312gt). Built 1937 as ST. ROSARIO by J.L.Thompson & Sons Ltd., North Sands, Sunderland, for Barry Shipping Co Ltd., of Newport, Mon. 1939 – Sold to South American Saint Line, Cardiff (name retained). 1952 – Sold to Otto Bancks Rederi A/B, Helsinki, and renamed KATIA. 1958 – Renamed KATIA BANCK (same owners). 1963 – Sold to Erik Banck Rederi A/B, Helsinki, but retained the name KATIA BANCK. 1964 – Sold to Sold to Ypermachos Co. Nav., Panama, and renamed YPERMACHOS (managed by Lemos Brothers). She arrived at Huangpu, China on 4 August 1969 for breaking up.