Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
S.S. EMPIRE TOBAGO, glass negative
Three quarter Starboard Bow view of S.S. EMPIRE TOBAGO, at Cardiff Docks, c. 1947/1948.
(7320gt) : Built 1945 by Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, for MoWT. 1947 – Sold to Counties Ship Management Co Ltd., and renamed CROWBOROUGH HILL. 1951 – Sold to A. Crawford & Co Ltd., Glasgow, and renamed GRYFEVALE. 1955 – Sold to Sterling Shipping Co. Ltd., and renamed STERLING VALOUR. 1958 – Sold to G. Bozzo, Italy, and renamed first MADDA PRIMO, then MADDA BOZZO. 1963 – Sold to Seastar Shipping Corporation, Somalia, and renamed KRISS. She was broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1968.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1234
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1947 (circa)
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 82
Width
(mm): 106
Techniques
gelatin dry plate glass negative
glass negative
negative
Material
glass
Location
In store
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.