Images of Industry
S.S. NORMANDIER
artist unknown
Date: 1910s
Media: oil on board
Size: 190 x 325 mm
Acquired: 1981; Gift
Accession Number: 81.39I/1
This picture was painted sometime between 1916 and 1918 when the Normandier was owned by Brys & Gylsen of London. Originally, however, she had been built in 1902 by Richardson, Duck & Co. of Stockton-on-Tees as Northam for W.J. Tatem of Cardiff. Having changed hands many times, she was eventually broken up in Italy in 1931.
Comments - (3)
Thank you for your enquiry. This is indeed the same vessel as featured in Treedee’s book. Lloyd’s Register of Shipping lists only one vessel of this name around this time. At the time of the voyage described in the book, ownership had changed from Brys & Gylsen Ltd of London who owned it when the painting was done, to Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd of London, a company that owned two dozen similar vessels. The Normandier traded into Cardiff at times during this period as some of its periodic surveys were done at that port.
Jennifer Protheroe-Jones
Principal Curator – Industry
The time seems to match. A good read either way.
https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Ordeal-Normandier-H-Tredree/dp/B000IOFR2E