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S.S. FORT GRANT, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. FORT GRANT at Cardiff Docks.
North Sands type built 1943 by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver, for the Canadian Government, managed for MoWT by David Alexander & Sons, Glasgow. 1950 – Returned to Canada, sold to Northeastern Freighters Ltd., Montreal, and renamed COMMODORE GRANT. 1961 – Sold to Panama owners and initially renamed SIDON, and later that year, SIDON STAR. 1963 – Sold to Greek owners and renamed AETHON. She was broken up in China in 1967.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2953
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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