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M.V. BIRCHBANK, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of M.V. BIRCHBANK, c. 1936.
Built 1924 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Govan, as the FORERIC. She was completed for Bank Line Ltd, (Andrew Weir & Co) Glasgow as the BIRCHBANK and powered by diesel engines by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan. On the 11th November 1943 she was bombed and set alight by German aircraft off Nostaganem, Algeria where she blew up and sank. Sixty-five crew members survived but one crew member and one gunner lost their lives.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/320
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1936 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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