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S.S. SHREWSBURY, glass negative
3/4 port bow view of S.S. SHREWSBURY entering Cardiff Docks, c.1936.
S.S. SHREWSBURY (4542 gt). Built 1924 by Richardson, Duck as S.S SOUTHBOROUGH for Hazelwood Shipping Co., Cardiff. 1933 - Purchased from Hazelwood by the Alexander Shipping Co. (Capper, Alexander & Co.), Cardiff, and was renamed SHREWSBURY in 1935. 1941 - Shelled and sunk in the Atlantic by German cruiser ADMIRAL HIPPER.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/174
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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