Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
S.S. FORT CHESTERFIELD, glass negative
Three quarter Port Bow view of S.S. FORT CHESTERFIELD, entering Cardiff Docks, c. 1947/1948.
FORT CHESTERFIELD (7127gt) : North Sands type, built 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver (engine by John Inglis Co Ltd., Toronto), for the Canadian Government, managed by Hain Steamship Co, London, for MoWT. 1946 – Transferred to MOT, managed by Goulandris Bros, London. 1949 – Sold to Soc Armadora del Norte, Panama, and renamed HAWK. 1954 – Ownership transferred to Bahia Salinas Cia Nav., Panama – same name. 1965 – Sold to Cabahamas Corp. Ltd., Bahamas, and renamed CABAHAWK. She was broken up at Kaohsiung in 1968.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1315
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
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
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.