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S.S. LOCH RYAN, glass negative
¾ Port bow view of S.S. LOCH RYAN at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1943 as heavy-lift cargo vessel EMPIRE CHIEFTAIN by Furness Shipbuilding Ltd., at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, for MoWT, managed by Royal Mail Lines. She was powered by two steam turbines built by Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd. 1946 – Sold to Royal Mail Lines, and renamed LOCHRYAN. 1960 – Sold to Argonaut Shipping & Trading Co Ltd., London, and was renamed FAIR RYAN for her final voyage to Nagasaki where she was broken up in July 1960. (wikipedia)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2962
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1950 (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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