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S.S. FORT GASPEREAU, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. FORT GASPEREAU entering Cardiff Docks, c.1947.
S.S. FORT GASPEREAU (7134gt). Built 1942 by Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver for MoWT (managers Watts, Watts & Co, London). 1947 – Returned to USMC. 1948 – Sold to Italian owners and renamed ORFEO. 1963 – Sold to Phillipines and renamed PRESIDENT QUIRINO. 1968 – Renamed ELPIDIO QUIRINO, then QUIRINO. 1969 – Still with Phillipino owners, renamed LIBERTY TWO – then broken up at Alicante.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1119
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
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