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S.S. MOUNT RHODOPE, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S MOUNT RHODOPE, at Cardiff Docks, c.1947/1948.
Built 1919 by Irvines Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Hartlepool, as WAR GULL (2) for the UK Shipping Controller, but completed for Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd as BOUTRY. 1920 – Transferred to African Steamship Co. (same name) – she was laid up in the Blackwater River, Essex from 1931. 1934 – Sold to Margoronis Bros., Piraeus (Rethymnis & Kulukundis Co – Ocean Maritime SS Co from 1937), and renamed MOUNT RHODOPE. 1957 – Sold to Potomianos Bros., Piraeus, and renamed CAPTAIN GIORGIS. She was broken up at Piraeus in June 1960. (from Mersea Museum / WW1 Shipbuilders sites) (See also P02.1059)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1059
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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