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S.S. FORT RICHELIEU, glass negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. FORT RICHELIEU.
North Sands type built 1943 by Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel (engine by Dominion Engineering Works, Montreal), for the Canadian Government, managed for MoWT by Evan Thomas, Radcliffe & Co., Cardiff. 1946 – Transferred to Ministry of Transport, managed by Dalhousie Steam & Motor Ship Co. 1950 – Sold to Halifax Overseas Freighters Ltd., London, and renamed BEECH HILL, managed by Counties Ship Management Co., London. 1964 – Sold to Marvaliente Cia Nav., Piraeus, and renamed ALKON. 1966 – Transferred to Alkon Shipping Co., Famagusta. She was broken up in China in 1967.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2665
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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