Casgliadau Arlein

¾ Port bow view of S.S. CITY OF LICHFIELD at Cardiff Docks.

Launched as SAMUEL H. RALSTON, but completed 1943 as SAMOIS by Bethleham Fairfield Shipyard Inc., Baltimore (engine by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., Harrison, New Jersey), for MoWT, managed by Westcott & Laurence Line, London. 1947 – Sold to Ellerman Lines Ltd (Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co), and renamed CITY OF LICHFIELD. 1951 – Transferred to Hall Line Ltd. (same name) 1959 – Sold to Panamania-Oriental Steamship Corp., and renamed CAMERON (Panamanian flag), managed by Wheelock, Marden & Co., Hong Kong. 1961 – Sold to Eddie Steamship Co., Taipei, and renamed CHEE LEE (Nationalist Chinese flag). 1962 – Transferred to Far Eastern Navigation Corp., Taipei (same name). She was broken up at Taiwan in 1967. (mariner-l.co.uk/LibShipsS) (TheAllenCollection)