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Ship model stand
Plain dark wood stand for ship model (2003.210/1). Length of chain hanging at centre.
The M.V. VICTORIA CITY was a steel motor vessel of 6162 gross tons, completed in 1955 by Sir William Doxford & Sons, Pallion Yard, Sunderland, for Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff. On 14 December 1955, whilst on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Hampton Roads with general cargo, she collided with the Italian oil tanker Valentina Bibolini off the Dutch coast, and sank. All hands were saved.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2003.210/2
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Limited
Associated Person/Body: Reardon Smith Line
Association Type: shipping company
Date: 1950s
Acquisition
Purchase, 27/11/2003
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1764
Width
(mm): 423
Height
(mm): 1140
Material
wood
metal
Location
In store
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