Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
S.S. FORT WRIGLEY, glass negative
Port Broadside view of S.S. FORT WRIGLEY at Cardiff Docks, 1948.
S.S. FORT WRIGLEY (7128gt). North Sands type vessel built April 1943 by Victoria Machinery Depot Co., Victoria, Canada, for the Canadian government, and managed by George Nesbit & Co., Glasgow, for MoWT. 1946 - Transferred to Ministry of Transport, and managed by Oakdene Shipping Co. 1948 - Sold by the Canadian government to P & T Steamship Co. and renamed PANTROOPER, managed by Papachristidis Co., Montreal. 1950 - Renamed ROYAL WILLIAM. (same owner). 1954 - Sold to Asimarfield Shipping Corp., Monrovia (name retained). 1956 - Sold to L’Italica di Navigazione, Genoa, and renamed APPULO. She was broken up at Vado Ligure, Italy in 1962.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/1927
Creation/Production
Hansen, Leslie W.
Date: 1948
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.