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S.S. AMICUS, glass negative
3/4 Starboard Bow view of S.S. AMICUS, c.1948.
AMICUS (7125gt). Built 1944 as EMPIRE NOBLE for the MoWT, and managed by J.Langdon, Rees, London. 1946 - renamed AMICUS for the Tempus Shipping Co (Seager & Co, Cardiff) : 1963 - renamed LEELA, (Southland Navigation & Commerce Ltd, Hong Kong) : 1964 - renamed PACIFIC FIR (Fir Line Ltd, Hong Kong under the Liberian flag). She ran aground at Koto Soh, Taiwan on 6th February 1968 and broke in two.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2057
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (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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