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S.S. BANGOR BAY, glass negative
¾ Port Bow view of S.S. BANGOR BAY entering Cardiff Docks.
ss. BANGOR BAY (6327gt) : Built 1941 as EMPIRE MALLORY by C. Connell & Co., Glasgow, for MoWT (managed by H. Hogarth & Sons). 1943 – Management transferred to Cravos & Co., Cardiff. 1946 – Sold to Cravos and renamed AMPLEFORTH. 1947 – She became stranded near Tel Aviv and declared a constructive total loss. She was however, refloated, repaired, sold to Irish Bay Lines, and renamed BANGOR BAY. 1954 – Sold to Great Eastern Shipping Co., Bombay, and renamed JAG SHANTI. She was broken up at Bombay in 1961.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2419
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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