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H.M.S ALLINGTON CASTLE, glass negative
Hansen, Leslie W.
(photographer)
Starboard broadside view of the Castle class corvette H.M.S ALLINGTON CASTLE, in Roath basin, Cardiff Docks, 1947.
The Castle class corvettes were built to serve as convoy escorts during the Second World War. Built on the Clyde in 1944, HMS Allington Castle is seen here in the Roath Basin in 1947. Note the early lantern-type radar at the masthead. She was broken up at Sunderland in 1958. Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/922
Historical Associations
Association Type: Place name
Place: Roath Dock Basin
Creation/Production
Acquisition
purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 81
Width
(mm): 107
Material
Glass
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