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T.S. KING GEORGE V, photograph
Remains of the Glasgow turbine steamer KING GEORGE V at Cardiff, 1984. She was being cut up near the entrance to Cardiff Docks following a fire on board while undergoing restoration at C.H.Bailey's Dry Docks in August 1981.
T.S. KING GEORGE V. The first passenger turbine driven steamer ship built in 1926. C.H. Bailey purchased the ship with the intention of converting it into a restaurant and was moored in the Mountstuart dry dock 1980-1983. A fire in 1984 ended her days and she was cut up at Cardiff in 1984.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2009.126/31
Creation/Production
Reed, Clive F. (Mr)
Date: 28/07/1984
Acquisition
Donation, 22/12/2009
Measurements
Length
(mm): 101
Width
(mm): 150
Techniques
colour (photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
Location
In store
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