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S.S. PACIFIC IMPORTER, glass negative
¾ Port bow view of S.S. PACIFIC IMPORTER entering Cardiff Docks.
PACIFIC IMPORTER (7219gt) : Launched as JOHN TIPTON but completed 1943 by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles (engine by Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Sunnyvale, California), as SAMTREDY for MoWT, managed by Prince Line Ltd., London. 1947 – Sold to Furness Withy & Co., London and renamed PACIFIC IMPORTER. 1953 – Sold to Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa (Italian flag), and renamed AQUITANIA. 1965 – Sold to Akrotiri Steamship Corp.,(Liberian flag), and renamed AYIA MARINA, managed by Cape Shipping Ltd., New York . 1968 – Laid up at Rio de Janeiro. She was seized as debt reparations and broken up at Rio de Janeiro in 1969.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2890
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
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