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M.V. SOMERSET BROOK, glass negative
3/4 Port Bow view of M.V. SOMERSET BROOK in Cardiff Docks, c...1948.
SOMERSETBROOK (519gt) : Built 1947 as mv SOMERSETBROOK by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., (with two 7-cylinder diesel engines by Crossley Bros. Ltd., of Manchester) for Comben, Longstaff & Co. 1949 – Sold to the P&O Group and renamed MARSWORTH (managed by Grand Union Shipping Ltd.). mv MARSWORTH (described as a “cable ship” of 519gt) collided with another vessel and sank about 10 miles north of Great Yarmouth on 26 November 1953.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/2117
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
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