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S.S. SEASIDE, glass negative
Port broadside view of S.S. SEASIDE, at Queen Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, c.1947/1948.
S.S. SEASIDE (7130gt). ‘Canadian’ type cargo ship built 1945 as SEVEN OAKS PARK by Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., Victoria, B.C. (engine by Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Montreal), for Park Steamship Co., Montreal (managed by Seaboard Shipping Co., Vancouver). 1946 – Sold to Andros Shipping Co., Montreal, and renamed SEASIDE. 1952 – Sold to Escobal Cia. Nav., Panama, and renamed RUBYSTAR. 1956 – Sold to Cia. Armadora San Francisco SA, Panama, and renamed LAGOS HURON. She sank on 26th June1960, after springing a leak during a typhoon off Luzon Island in the Philippines.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1103
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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