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S.S. ESSO CHELSEA, negative
Starboard bow view of S.S. ESSO CHELSEA at Cardiff Docks.
Built 1945 as AMACURO by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, (with twin-screws and triple-expansion engine) for Creole Petroleum Corporation, Panama (subsidiary of Standard Oil Co, New Jersey).. 1956 – Transferred to Esso Petroleum Co., and renamed ESSO CHELSEA,under the British flag. Used for distribution of oil from Fawley Refinery to CEGB power stations around the UK coast. She was broken up at Bruges in 1969.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/3751
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 60
Width
(mm): 87
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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