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S.S. BURYHILL glass negative
1/4 Port Bow view of S.S. BURYHILL in Cardiff Docks c. 1936
ss BURY HILL (4542gt) : Built 1917 by Richardson, Duck & Co. of Thornaby for Jenkins Bros, Cardiff as CARDIGAN. Sold 1923 to Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) and renamed PENSYLVANIE. CGT sold her in 1934 to Sussex Steamship Co, controlled by Counties Ship Management (CSM), who had her reconditioned at Newport and renamed her BURY HILL. CSM ships had a buff funnel with a black top, and a red letter "C" inside a red circle on the buff part. She was wrecked off the coast of West Africa, December 1936.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/266
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
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