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S.S. TURKISTAN, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. TURKISTAN, at Cardiff Docks, 22 September 1947.
TURKISTAN (6)(6935gt) : Built 1938 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields for Strick Line (1923) Ltd., 1962 – Sold to Greek owners Pheobus Kyprianou & Partners, Beirut, and renamed DEMOS. She was wrecked during a typhoon near Formosa (Taiwan) in 1967. (from ShipsList “Strick Line”) (Tony Allen's "Wrecksite" dates her build as 1936, and her demise as 1962)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1707
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
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