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S.S. SALTWICK, glass negative
3/4 port bow view of S.S. SALTWICK at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.
Built 1929 at Sunderland by Sir James Laing for Roland & Marwood's Steamship Co. Ltd. of Whitby. She was sunk by aerial torpedo in the Mediterranean Sea on 21st October 1943 whilst on a ballast passage from Algiers to Gibraltar. The 41 crew and 11 gunners were all saved.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/459
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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