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S.S. EMBASSAGE, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of the S.S. EMBASSAGE, Cardiff Docks c. 1936
Built 1935 by J L Thompson & Sons, Sunderland for Hall Brothers Steamship Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. On 27 August 1941, ss EMABASSAGE was in convoy OS-4 and was torpedoed and sunk by U-557 about 100 miles west of Achill Island. The master (Capt. Edward Kiddie), 32 crew members and 6 gunners were lost. Three crew members were picked up after four days by the Canadian destroyer HMCS ASSINIBOINE and landed at Greenock.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/345
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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