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Bute West Dock Basin, Cardiff, negative
Visit by mission ship JOHN WILLIAMS VI to West Bute Dock, Cardiff. Visitors to the ship were brought in by buses operated by various companies. Norwegian church in background.
M.V. JOHN WILLIAMS VI (419gt). Built 1946 as coaster EMPIRE SLOANE by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne for MoWT. Sold in 1948 to London Missionary Society via Broadway Holdings Ltd, London. She was converted to a Missionary ship later that year and renamed JOHN WILLIAMS VI. 1963 – Sold to Burns, Philp & Co Ltd., London, and renamed MANUTAI. 1975 – Sold to Rabi Holdings Ltd., London. Deleted from the register in 1993.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/356
Creation/Production
British Transport Commission
Date: 1950s
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 107
Techniques
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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