Gloxinia

Gloxinia

Image Details

Title Gloxinia
Reference Number STH0014725
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period c1920s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Gloxinia built at Willington Quay by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company. Registered September 1920 at Stag Line. Was laid down as War. Converted at Smith's Dock, North Shields to carry molasses in bulk. In 1955 converted to a dry cargo ship and broken up in April 1959.