Skip to content Skip to menu Skip to site map
This site uses cookies to improve your experience. By using this site you agree to receiving cookies under our Cookie Policy.
Locations +
Amgueddfa Cymru
Cymraeg
Collections & Research

Amgueddfa
Cymru
Family

National Museum Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History

National Waterfront Museum

Big Pit National Coal Museum

National Slate Museum

National Wool Museum

National Roman Legion Museum

  • Collections & Research
  • Ancient Wales
  • Art
  • Articles
  • Bronze Age Gold from Wales
  • Celf ar y Cyd
  • Collections Online
  • Covid Stories
  • Health, Wellbeing and Amgueddfa Cymru
  • History
  • Natural History
  • On Your Doorstep: Nature, geology and archaeology in Wales
  • Questionnaires past and present: engaging and collecting through Covid
  • Refugee Wales
  • The Museum at Work
  • Welsh Foods
  • Historic Photography
  • Departments
  • National Collections Centre

Collections Online

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

Image filter options
Back to search results

S.S. GRAINTON, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W.

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.

ss GRAINTON at Cardiff
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

Categories

steam (maritime) maritime 1940s Grainton (S.S)

Classification

water transportation transportation steam powered (water)

Comments - (1)

Jan Marie Stuart
19 February 2022, 14:13
My husbands grandfather was rescued by a ship called SS GRAINTON they were on 2 rafts I have photos but no more info
Thanks
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Related Items

Industry

S.S. BAUTA, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W.
79.76I/1434
More information
Industry

S.S. DORADO, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W.
79.76I/2105
More information
Industry

S.S. THETIS, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W.
79.76I/1645
More information
Industry

S.S. BALFE, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W.
79.76I/1703
More information

Site Map

Amgueddfa Cymru

Amgueddfa Cymru

  • Visiting
  • Collections & Research
  • Learning
  • Blog
  • Support Us
  • Shop
  • Venue Hire

Our Museums

  • National Museum Cardiff
  • St Fagans National Museum of History
  • National Waterfront Museum
  • Big Pit National Coal Museum
  • National Slate Museum
  • National Wool Museum
  • National Roman Legion Museum

Connect With Us

  • Contact Us
  • Get Involved
  • Join the Mailing List
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Corporate

  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Press Office
  • Commercial Picture Library
  • National Collections Centre
  • Working with Others
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies Policy
  • Copyright
Sponsored by Welsh Government
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Charity No. 525774
× ❮ ❯
ss GRAINTON at Cardiff
© Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
  • ss GRAINTON at Cardiff