Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FAIRWOOD OAK, glass negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. FAIRWOOD OAK at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1915 as WELSH COAST by Chas. Hill, Bristol, for Powell, Bacon & Hough (restyled as Coast Lines Ltd from 1917). 1920 – Chartered to City of Cork Steam Packet Co., and renamed MACROOM. 1922 – Returned to Coast Lines Ltd., and renamed WELSH COAST. 1936 – Sold to Kyle Steamship Co. (Monroe Brothers), and renamed KYLEGLEN. 1937 – Sold to Bristol Steam Navigation Co, and renamed MELITO. 1950 – Sold to Fairwood Shipping & Trading Co., Swansea, and renamed FAIRWOOD OAK, managed by Stockwood, Rees. 1955 – Sold to Holderness Steamship Co., Hull, and renamed HOLDERVALE. She was broken up at Charlestown in 1957. (ref : - 7seasvessels.com)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2914
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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