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W.R. Smith & Sons, movements of steamers, card
One side of card is headed 'W.R. Smith & Sons' and relates to the movement of the following steamers - ATLANTIC CITY, BRADFORD CITY, CORNISH CITY, DEVON CITY, EASTERN CITY, FALLS CITY, GREAT CITY and LEEDS CITY. Dated 23 December, 1913. On the other side is a Christmas Greeting printed in gold.
S.S. CORNISH CITY. Built 1906 and captured and scuttled during the First World War.
Built 1927 by William Gray for the St. Just Steamship Co Ltd., managed by Wm. Reardon Smith, Cardiff. 1928 – Transferred to the Reardon Smith Line (same name). 1951 – Sold to Iino Kaiun Kaisha / Iino Shoji KK., Tokyo, Japan, renamed TERUSHIMA MARU, but ran aground in River Hooghly at Budge Budge near Calcutta on 20th August 1952, and became wrecked.