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S.S. OLOFSBORG, negative
Port bow view of S.S. OLOFSBORG at Roath Dock, Cardiff.
S.S. OLOFSBORG. Laid down in 1945 as EMPIRE LAGOS for MoWT, but launched 1946 as SOLWAY FIRTH for the Royal Navy by Short Bros. Ltd., Pallion, Sunderland. She was, however, completed (in 1947) at Amsterdam Dry Dock as KONGSBORG (see P02.3259) for Skips A/S Kongsborg, Stavanger, Norway. 1955 – Sold to Rederibolaget Borgtramp, Nystad, Finland, and renamed OLOFSBORG. 1959 – Sold to Polish Steamship Co., Szczecin, Poland, and renamed HUTA FLORIAN. She was broken up at Bilbao, Spain, in 1971.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/3271
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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