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P.S. CARDIFF QUEEN, photograph
Starboard view of the Cardiff Queen arriving at Ilfracombe, 19th August 1950
CARDIFF QUEEN. Built 1947 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, the last paddle steamer to be built for P & A Campbell Ltd. 1966 – Laid up at Cardiff Docks, and put on the sales list. 1968 – Sold to Critchcraft Ltd., Chepstow. It was intended to use her as a floating nightclub at Newport, and was moored at Mill Parade Wharf in February. The tidal range, however, proved obstructive, and after an expensive recovery operation, the vessel was sold to John Cashmore Ltd in the April, to be broken up further upstream. (Source: “Bristol Channel Pleasure Steamers” - Robert Wall)
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2006.39/1297
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: P. & A. Campbell Ltd.
Association Type: company name
Date: 19/08/1950
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/5/2006
Measurements
Length
(mm): 106
Width
(mm): 148
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
Location
In store
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