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S.S. NICOLAS, glass negative
Starborad Broadside view of S.S. NICOLAS in Cardiff Docks, c.1948.
S.S. NICOLAS (7021gt). Built 1943 as Liberty ship WILLIAM N. BYERS by Permanente Metals Corporation (Shipbuilding Division), Richmond, California, with engine by Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon, for the US War Shipping Administration (managed by Isthmian Steamship Co., New York). 1947 Sold to Pateras & Mavrophilippas, Athens, Greece (managed by Lyras Bros., London), and renamed NICOLAS. 1952 Ownership transferred to Ch. Pateras, Athens, (same management). She was broken up at Vado, Italy, in 1964.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2096
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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