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S.S. SAMINDORO, glass negative
Three quarter Port Bow view of S.S. SAMINDORO, entering Cardiff Dock, c.1947/1948.
S.S. SAMINDORO (7176gt). Built 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore ( engine by Filer & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin) for MoWT as SAMINDORO, managed by Headlam & Son, Whitby). 1947 – Sold to Rowland & Marwood Steamship Co Ltd,(managed by Headlam &Son), Whitby, and renamed SANDSEND (2). 1956 – Requisitioned by the UK MOT as a store ship during the Suez Crisis, then returned to her owner. She was broken up at Taiwan in December 1967.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1162
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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