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P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN, negative
Terence Soames (Cardiff) Ltd (Terence Soames (Cardiff) Ltd were based at 22 Dumfries Place, Cardiff and moved to St John’s Chambers, High Street Arcade, in 1962. Michael Woodward became the director in 1991 and is credited as the photographer in some later images by the company.)
View of P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN, 1956.
P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN. Built 1946 by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol (with triple-expansion engine by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd), for P. & A. Campbell Ltd. She was the largest paddle steamer built for the company. 1959 – Laid up at Penarth for two years, she returned to service in the Spring of 1961. In August 1967, she hit a submerged object off the coast at Barry, and damaged her starboard paddle wheel. She was taken out of service three days later, and laid up at Cardiff. Despite attempts to preserve the vessel, she was towed to Ostend in March 1968 and broken up.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2019.1/2701
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: P. & A. Campbell Ltd.
Association Type: company name
Creation/Production
Terence Soames (Cardiff) Ltd
Acquisition
Bequest, 21/1/2019
Measurements
Length
(mm): 98
Width
(mm): 113
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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