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M.V. CASTLE COMBE, glass negative
Hansen, Leslie W.
(photographer)
Starboard Broadside view of M.V. CASTLE COMBE, c.1936.
454 gross ton motor coaster Castle Combe, owned by Aid Shipping, of Bristol. Built at Bristol in 1936, she was the first of a number of similar motor vessels built for this firm. The Castle Coombe was one of the last vessels to load anthracite at Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire in the 1930s. Ald Shipping ceased trading in 1960. Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/550
Creation/Production
Acquisition
purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
Material
Glass
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