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S.S. FORT MATANZAS, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. FORT MATANZAS, 16 December 1947.
FORT MATANZAS (10,448gt) : T2-SE-A1 tanker built 1944 by The Kaiser Company, Portland, Oregon, for the US War Shipping Administration (later, the US Maritime Commission). 1948 – Sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd., London, and renamed TROCHISCUS. 1955 – Owners restyled Shell Petroleum Co Ltd. (same name). 1960 – Transferred to Shell Tankers Ltd., London. She was broken up at Chiap Hua Manufactory Co. Ltd., Hong Kong in 1961.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1837
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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