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S.S. HADLEIGH, glass negative
3/4 starboaard stern view of S.S. HADLEIGH at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.
Built 1930 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, engined by Richardson, Westgarth & Co., West Hartlepool, and owned by W.J.Tatem Ltd (Tatem Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Atlantic Shipping & Trading Co.), Cardiff. She was torpedoed on 16 March 1943 by the German submarine U-77 when on route from Algiers for Gibraltar in ballast. She was beached two days later near Oran in two sections and was declared a total loss.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/323
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
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