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S.S. URMSTON GRANGE, glass negative
Foredeck cargo of buses for export aboard S.S. URMSTON GRANGE at Newport Docks.
Built 1942 as EMPIRE PIBROCH by Lithgows, Port Glasgow for MoWT managed by Houlder Bros. & Co., London 1946 – Sold to Houlder Brothers, and renamed URMSTON GRANGE. 1959 - Sold to Argonaut Shipping & Trading Co Ltd (A. Lusi, Piraeus) and renamed ARGO GRANGE but managed by C.Y. Tung, Hong Kong. Arrived on 18 December 1959 at Hong Kong for scrapping.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/577
Creation/Production
British Transport Commission
Date: 1950s
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 108
Techniques
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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