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King's Dock, Swansea, negative
Full starboard bows view of M.V. OBUASI berthed outside 'B' shed at the western end of King's Dock, Swansea.
M.V. OBUASI (2) (5883gt). Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for Elder-Dempster Line. Launched June 1952. She was one of the Elder-Dempster's "cadet" ships where the deck crew consisted of twenty apprentices (all E-D apprentices were required to do nine months training aboard a working ship). She was sold to a Hong Kong firm in 1972 but was lost in the Irriwaddy River very soon afterwards.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/2547
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 61
Width
(mm): 90
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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