Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Cargo handling, photograph
Stowing drums of olive oil onto vessel NAILSEA MOOR for shipping from Cardiff Docks. Photographer's stamp on the back of photograph.
NAILSEA MOOR (4764 gt) : Built 1917 by Craig, Taylor & Co of Stockton-on-Tees as ss DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, owned by Williams & Mordey Ltd., Cardiff 1932 : Bought by Evans & Reid (Nailsea S.S. Co.) and renamed NAILSEA MOOR 1937 : Owned briefly by Salen Sven, Stockholm and renamed SODERHAMN, and then by August Bolten, Hamburg, renamed BOLLWERK. 1941 : Bought by Lloyd Brasileiro (Companhia De Navegação), Rio De Janeiro and renamed ss NORTELOIDE. She caught fire 80 miles off Rio de Janeiro on 28 October 1945, and was driven ashore at Lagoa Feia on 5th November 1945 where she became a total loss.