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S.S. DIAMANTIS, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. CABO DEL AGUA, Cardiff Docks, 1948.
Ss DIAMANTIS (5030gt) : Built 1919 as an A-class standard cargo ship, ss WAR ALYSSUM, by J. Caird & Co., Greenock, for the Shipping Controller of the British government. 1919 – Sold to African Steamship Co. (Elder, Dempster Lines), Liverpool and renamed BATHURST. 1933 – Sold to B.E. Benierakis, Chalkis, and renamed KOSTIS. 1939 – Sold to P.D. Pateras of Patras, and renamed DIAMANTIS. 1950 – Sold to Lemos & Ponticos of Chios, and renamed THARROS. She ran aground near Honningsvaag, on 29 November 1951. She was refloated but sank during bad weather on 11 December 1951.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2297
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 107
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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