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S.S. GRAINTON, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. GRAINTON, at Cardiff Docks, 1948.
S.S. GRAINTON (6341gt). Built 1929 by Short Brothers Ltd., Sunderland for R.Chapman & Sons of Newcastle. She sailed in many convoys during World War 2, including eight transatlantic to Freetown and Sierra Leone, usually transporting grain. 1950 - Sold to Johs. Fritzen & Sohn GMBH of Emden, Germany, and renamed KATHARINA DOROTHEA FRITZEN. She arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, in April 1961 for breaking.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1942
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Role: Creation
Date: 1948
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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