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S.S. GRAIG, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. GRAIG, c.1936.
The Graig Shipping Co. Ltd. was founded in 1919 by Idwal Williams and is today one of Cardiff's two surviving shipping firms. The Graig, built at Port Glasgow in 1924, was the second vessel in the fleet to carry that name, which is Welsh for 'rock'. She was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia on 4 May 1940.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
3683 gt. Built 1924 for the Graig Shipping Co. Ltd. The first GRAIG had been bought in 1919, and was disposed of in 1922.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/98
Measurements
Length
(mm): 120
Width
(mm): 164
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