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S.S. FORT ALBANY, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. FORT ALBANY, at Cardiff Dock, 23 July 1947.
FORT ALBANY (7131gt) : North Sands type cargo ship built 1943 by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Lauzon (engine by Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal), for the Canadian Government, managed by Frank S. Dawson Ltd, Cardiff, for MoWT. 1946 – Transferred to MOT (managed by H. Roberts & Son). 1948 – Sold by the Canadian Government to P& T Steamship Co., Montreal, and renamed LA FLECHE (managed by Papachristidis Co). 1953 – Managed by Cia. Atlantica Pacifica SA., Panama (same name and ownership). She was broken up at Mihara, Japan in 1961.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1618
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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