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S.S. OCEAN FAME, glass negative
Port Broadside view of S.S. OCEAN FAME, at Cardiff Docks, c. 1947/1948.
ss OCEAN FAME (7174gt) : Built 1942 by Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Maine, for MoWT (managed by W H Seager & Co until 1946, then by Sir R Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool. 1947 – Bought by Sir R Ropner & Co., and renamed FIRBY. 1955 – Sold to N G Kyriakides Shipping Co., and renamed IRENE K. 1955 - Acquired by Winchester Shipping Co. It wasn’t until 1958 that she was renamed WINCHESTER QUEEN. She was broken up at Bilbao in 1966.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1284
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (circa)
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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