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S.S. GAISMA, glass negative
¾ Starboard stern view of S.S. GAISMA at Cardiff Docks, c.1936.
(3078gt) : Built 1900 by Ropner's of Stockton-on-Tees, with engine by Blair & Co. Completed as the PENARE for the Penare Steamship Co., of Falmouth, and managed from 1920 by R.B. Chellew Steam Navigation Co., Cardiff. In 1925 she was sold to N.M. Eustathiou of Syra, Greece and renamed MARIETTA 1929 - Sold to Jura Shipping Co, Ventspils (Latvia) and renamed GAISMA. In 1934, she collided with mv GRIT off Folkstone in thick fog. She was taken over by the Russian Soviet Government, Moscow in 1940, and on 22nd June 1941, GAISMA was torpedoed by German E-boats S-59 and S-60 and sank southeast of Gotland.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/724
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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