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S.S. FORT AKLAVIK, glass negative
Three quarter starboard bow view of S.S. FORT AKLAVIK, c.1947/1948.
S.S. FORT AKLAVIK (7132gt). North Sands type built 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Dock Co., North Vancouver, for MoWT (managed by Dodd, Thompson & Co., London. 1946 – Managed by Novocastria Shipping Co., for Ministry of Transport, London. 1950 – Sold to Dalhousie Steam & Motor Ship Co., London, and renamed IRENE DAL. 1952 – Sold to Cia. Maritima Volcan SA, Panama, and renamed VOLCAN (managed by Trans Oceanic SS Co., Karachi). 1953 – Sold to Trans Oceanic Steamship Co., Karachi, Pakistan and renamed OCEAN ENVOY. She was broken up at Karachi in 1966.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1132
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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