Images of Industry
M.V. ST. THOMAS and ST. ESSYLT
HICK, Allanson (1898 - 1975)
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Date: 1948
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 610 x 839 mm
Acquired: 1989; Purchase
Accession Number: 89.136I
Commissioned by R.G.M. Street, managing director of the South American Saint Line. In 1948, two ships of quite revolutionary design were completed by Thompson’s of Sunderland for the South American Saint Line of Cardiff. Before the war, the company had initiated a regular liner service to South America and two new ships - the St Essylt and the St Thomas - were envisaged as a prestigious means of re-launching the service, carrying twelve passengers as well as cargo. Despite its initial success, however, the company had ceased trading by 1965, and both these fine ships were broken-up in 1978-79.
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