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Newport Docks, glass negative
Port beam view of S.S. LOCHRYAN at Newport Docks.
Built 1943 as heavy-lift cargo vessel EMPIRE CHIEFTAIN by Furness Shipbuilding Ltd., at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, for MoWT, managed by Royal Mail Lines. She was powered by two steam turbines built by Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd. 1946 – Sold to Royal Mail Lines, and renamed LOCHRYAN. 1960 – Sold to Argonaut Shipping & Trading Co Ltd., London, and was renamed FAIR RYAN for her final voyage to Nagasaki where she was broken up in July 1960. (wikipedia)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/556
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 107
Techniques
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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