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S.S. DAPHNE, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. DAPHNE, c.1936.
(3798 gt) : Built 1918 by John Priestman & Co., Sunderland, as SUNLAND for Sun Shipping Co. Ltd., (managed by Mitchell Cotts & Co.), both of London. In 1934, the vessel was sold to Cephalonian Maritime Co. Ltd., (managers - N. D. Lykiardopulos), of Athens, Greece, and renamed DAPHNE. In 1939, it was sold again, to G. N. Embiricos, also of Greece, & renamed EMBIRICOS NICOLAOS. On 21st March 1941, while in ballast, and part of Convoy AS-21 en route from Piraeus to Port Said, she was bombed by German aircraft and sank 20 miles southeast of Gavdhos Island, south of Crete. Two lives were lost.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/596
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1936 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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