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S.S. DAXHOUND, glass negative
Port Broadside view of S.S. DAXHOUND in Cardiff Docks, c.1948.
The 1,128 gross ton coasting tanker Daxhound was built at Hamburg in 1931 and eight years later was acquired by Hadley Shipping of London, established in 1926. She usually operated on time charter to the Petroleum Board, and is seen here approaching the East Bute Basin, c. 1948. She was sold back to German owners in 1951.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
ss DAXHOUND (1128gt) : Built 1931 as MITRA by Deutsche Werft AG Bet Firkenworder, at Hamburg, with a triple-expansion engine by A.Borsig of Berlin, for Sigurd Owren, Oslo 1939 – Sold to Hadley Shipping Co., London, and renamed DAXHOUND. 1951 – Sold to Carl W.Hanssen, Hamburg, and renamed AMRUM. Her steam engine was replaced by a diesel engine (intended for a U-boat) in 1953. 1969 – Sold to Motia Cia. Di Nav. Palermo, and renamed LUKI. She was converted into a sludge carrier in 1970, and broken up in 1989