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S.S. AGIA VARVARA, glass negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. AGIA VARVARA at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1904 by A. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow, as CRAIGRONALD for Craig Line SS Co., Leith (managed by Russell & Co). 1911 – Sold to Elvidge & Morgan, Cardiff, and renamed GLYDWR. 1914 – Seized at Memel, East Prussia (now Lithuania), and used as a Kreigsmarine seaplane tender. 1920 – Sold to Quayside Shipping (Connell & Grace), Newcastle, and renamed AKENSIDE. 1921 – Sold to P.M. Los, Chios, and renamed MATHEOS. 1937 – Sold to Siglas & Partners, Piraeus, and renamed AGIA VARVARA. She was damaged after grounding in the Kerch Strait in August 1957, and laid up at Kynosoura. She was broken up Piraeus in 1959.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2483
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
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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