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S.S. LLANDAFF, negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. LLANDAFF, 27 November 1947.
ss LLANDAFF (4826gt) : Built 1937 as LLANDAFF for Evan Thomas, Radcliffe & Co., Cardiff, by Bartram, Sunderland. She survived being bombed by enemy aircraft at the entrance to Kola Inlet, Russia, in August 1943 1951 – Sold to K.G. Bornhofen Reederei of Hamburg, and renamed MAX BORNHOFEN. 1959 – Sold to San Anastassias Cia Ltd., Greece, and renamed PILASTASSIOS. Managed by E.A. Karavias, but probably registered in Costa Rica. She ran aground and was wrecked at Esbjerg Roads, Denmark on 20th February 1959 while carrying cement from Alborg to Jeddah. She was later salvaged, and arrived at Ghent, Belgium in July 1959 to be broken up.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1462
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 27/11/1947
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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