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S.S. CORBROOK glass negative
3/4 Port Bow view of S.S. CORBROOK, at Penarth Head c.1936
CORBROOK. Built 1929 by Cowpen Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., Blyth (with engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland) and owned by Cory Colliers Ltd. (Wm. Cory & Son), London - the forerunners of Cory Towage Ltd. She sank on the 4 September 1940 off Cromer, together with three other steamers, when the convoy carrying coal south to London was torpedoed by a German E-Boat. All of CORBROOK's crew survived.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/250
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1936 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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