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M.V. CASTLE COMBE, glass negative
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.
(600gt) : Built 1936 by Charles Hill & Son, Bristol (with a 7-cylinder diesel engine by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln), for Ald Shipping Co Ltd., Bristol. 1952 - Sold to Plym Shipping of Plymouth, and renamed ALFRED PLYM. She was lengthened by 9 metres in 1955, bringing her up to 623 gross tons. 1958 - Sold to S. Lucchi, Venice, and renamed COSTANZA. 1960 - Sold to Mario Attanasio, Naples, and renamed GIANNI ATTANASIO. 1970 - Sold to Thalassia S.p.A., Genoa, retaining her name. She was broken up at Brindisi later that year. (http://rapidttp.co.za/museum/research.html)