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Model of MV Echo

The Echo was one of the ships that the Bristol Steam Navigation Company used to trade to M Shed. She was converted to carry containers in the mid-1960s, a sign of a big change in the shipping industry. Scale 1:64

J3328, model ship (image/tiff)
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Summary

: J3328

: Industrial and Maritime History

: model ship

: m.v. Echo

: 1:64 scale model by H.D. Turner of the m.v. Echo, built by Charles Hill & Sons 1957 and owned by the Bristol Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Shown after she was lengthened in 1965 to allow her to carry containers. On a mahogany base with a glass case

Model of MV Echo

Current Location

On Display at M Shed, Bristol Places Gallery

: Jenkins, W. H.

: Turner, H D.

: Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

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: Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

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: 1965

: Echo motor vessel

: 1965

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