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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Starboard view of the S.S. CITY OF CARDIFF loading timber at Riga in 1908. Handwritten message on reverse. Postmarked Riga (in cyrillic) 23rd August 1908.
(5500 dwt) : Completed 1906 by Ropner, Stockton-on-Tees. She was the first Reardon-Smith vessel. Her master on the maiden voyage was Captain John Smith (Sir William's elder brother), with his son Harry Smith as Second Officer.