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M.V. VICTORIA CITY, photograph
Aerial view of M.V. VICTORIA CITY at sea. Mounted on card.
The M.V. VICTORIA CITY was a steel motor vessel of 6162 gross tons, completed in 1955 by Sir William Doxford & Sons, Pallion Yard, Sunderland, for Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff. On 14 December 1955, whilst on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Hampton Roads with general cargo, she collided with the Italian oil tanker Valentina Bibolini off the Dutch coast, and sank. All hands were saved.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
86.23I/69
Acquisition
Donation, 3/2/1986
Measurements
mount
(mm): 391
mount
(mm): 451
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
card
Location
In store
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