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S.S. IRENE K., glass negative
Port bow view of S.S. IRENE K. entering Cardiff Docks.
ss IRENE K. (4928gt) : Built 1924 by Irvine Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, as SALMONPOOL (4803gt) for Sir R.Ropner & Sons. 1940 – Seized at Sandefjord, Norway, by the Germans and renamed PUTZIG. 1945 – Returned to the UK and renamed EMPIRE SALMONPOOL. 1947 – Sold to Kyriakides Shipping Co., (N.G.Kyriakides) London, and renamed IRENE K. 1955 – Renamed WHITE LODGE. She was sold later that year to Maritime Transport Overseas SA, Costa Rica and Panama, and renamed PUNTERAS. She was broken up at Aviles, Spain in 1958.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2957
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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