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S.S. ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM in Cardiff Docks, c.1948.
ss ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM (7292gt) : Built 1944 as ss SAMFAIRY by J.A. Jones Construction Company, Brunswick, Georgia, with engine by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio, for MoWT (managed by Haldin & Philipps Ltd., London). 1947 – Sold to Eastern Seas Steamship Co. (managed by S.G. Embiricos, London) and renamed ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM. 1952 – Sold to Soc. Financiera de Bienes Raices, Panama, and renamed AELLO managed by S.G. Embiricos but registered in Costa Rica. 1955 – Sold to Escorial Cia. Nav., Panama, and renamed KYMO (same managers). Registered in Greece from 1961. 1965 – Sold to Concord Trading Corp., and renamed EUTHALIA (managed by Ormos Shipping Co., London) registered under the Greek flag. She was broken up at Onomichi, Japan in 1968.