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S.S. JALAUSHA, glass negative
¾ port bow view of S.S. JALAUSHA, Cardiff Docks, c. 1948.
The 5,102 gross ton Jalausha was owned by the Bombay-based Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, having been built by her owners at their Vizagapatam yard in 1948. Established in 1919, the company ran a regular cargo service from various Indian ports to Europe. This view was taken as the vessel approached the Roath Basin lock, c.1949.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
ss JALAUSHA (5102gt) : Keel laid June 1946, but delivered in October 1948. Built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. (HSL) at Visakhapatnam, she was the first Indian-built cargo ship, built for the Scindia Steam Navigation Co. She was broken up in 1966.