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P.S. CARDIFF QUEEN, photograph
Cardiff Queen, the first steamer to call at the re-opened pier at Ventnor, 25th May 1953
CARDIFF QUEEN. Built 1947 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, the last paddle steamer to be built for P & A Campbell Ltd. 1966 – Laid up at Cardiff Docks, and put on the sales list. 1968 – Sold to Critchcraft Ltd., Chepstow. It was intended to use her as a floating nightclub at Newport, and was moored at Mill Parade Wharf in February. The tidal range, however, proved obstructive, and after an expensive recovery operation, the vessel was sold to John Cashmore Ltd in the April, to be broken up further upstream. (Source: “Bristol Channel Pleasure Steamers” - Robert Wall)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2006.39/1301
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/5/2006
Measurements
Length
(mm): 129
Width
(mm): 89
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
Location
In store
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