Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. FORT LA TRAITE, glass negative
¾ Port Bow view of S.S. FORT LA TRAITE, entering Cardiff Dock, 20 April 1947.
S.S. FORT LA TRAITE (7134gt). North Sands type built December 1942 by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver, for MoWT (managed by Evan Thomas & Radcliffe Ltd., Cardiff). 1947 – Returned to the US Maritime Commission. 1948 – Sold to “Italnavi” Soc di Nav per Azioni,Genoa, and renamed ITALSOLE. 1949 – Converted to diesel and used as a car carrier for the Fiat car company. 1965 – Sold to Lloyd’s Africa Ltd., Monrovia, and renamed FREEPORT. She was broken up at Faslane in 1972. (Source: fortships.tripod.com/fleetlist)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1489
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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