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S.S. FORT HIGHFIELD, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. FORT HIGHFIELD at Cardiff Docks, 23 December 1947.
Broken glass negative.
(7130gt) : North Sands type vessel built 1943 as YOHO PARK by Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd., managed by Canadian Australian Line Ltd., Vancouver. 1944 - Renamed FORT HIGHFIELD (2) in a similtaneous change of names where a Victory type vessel launched as FORT HIGHFIELD was completed in July 1944 as YOHO PARK (2). 1951 - Sold to Windsor Overseas Freighters Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, and renamed DARFIELD, managed by Nokomis (London) Ltd. She ran aground in thick fog off Flat Rock Point, north of Los Angeles on 2 March 1954, and although refloated and towed to Los Angeles, was declared a Total Constructive Loss. She was broken up at Terminal Island, California.