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S.S. CARDIFF QUEEN, plan
'Diagram for Indicating Sub-Division Particulars on S.S. CARDIFF QUEEN'. Dated 1950. Drawn in black and blue ink.
CARDIFF QUEEN. Built 1947 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, the last paddle steamer to be built for P & A Campbell Ltd. 1966 – Laid up at Cardiff Docks, and put on the sales list. 1968 – Sold to Critchcraft Ltd., Chepstow. It was intended to use her as a floating nightclub at Newport, and was moored at Mill Parade Wharf in February. The tidal range, however, proved obstructive, and after an expensive recovery operation, the vessel was sold to John Cashmore Ltd in the April, to be broken up further upstream. (Source: “Bristol Channel Pleasure Steamers” - Robert Wall)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1997.84/1
Acquisition
Old stock, 21/5/1997
Measurements
unfolded
(mm): 319
unfolded
(mm): 648
folded
(mm): 170
folded
(mm): 113
Material
paper
Location
In store
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