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Port bow view of M.V. TREMORVAH entering Cardiff Docks.

One of Britain's best-known tramping firms was the Hain Steamship Co. Ltd. which had its origins in the purchase by Edward Hain of St Ives, Cornwall, in 1878, of the steamer Trewidden. Taken over by P. & O. in 1917, the firm continued to be run as a largely independent entity until the early 1970s. The 5,605 gross ton Tremorvah was built at Port Glasgow in 1954, and the distinctive ‘H’ funnel marking of the firm can be discerned in this View taken c. 1959, Sold to Greek owners in 1968, this handsome motor vessel was broken up at Hong Kong in 1975.

Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.

Built 1954 by William Hamilton & Co Ltd.,Glasgow (Doxford diesel engine built by D. Rowan & Son Ltd), for Hain Steamship Co Ltd., 1965 – Company restyled Hain-Nourse Ltd. (a subsidiary of P & O). 1968 – Sold to Sancherouvim Cia. Maritima SA, Greece, and renamed ARCHON CHERUBIM. 1974 – Sold to Caledon Bay Shipping Co., Panama, and renamed FIVE HILLS. 1976 – Sold to Victoria Navigation Co Ltd., Panama, and renamed PHUTRUKSA. She was sold to Sam Woo of Hong Kong in 1978 and broken up.