Bronze Age Gold from Wales
S.S. NANTWEN, full hull ship model
Scale model of single screw steamship.
S.S. Nantwen (4,764gt) : Completed in 1912 by Richardson Duck & Co. LTD., Stockton for W. & C.T Jones Steamship Co. LTD. (Managers : W.& C.T Jones), Cardiff. In 1920 she was sold to Morgan & Cadogan LTD., Cardiff and renamed Westra. In 1926 she was sold to Britain Steamship Co. LTD., London and renamed Finchley. In 1935 she was sold to a German company and renamed Jolanhe. In 1936 she was resold in Germany and renamed Emsriff. In July 1944 she was sunk during an air strike on Hamburg and sold to Denmark in 1959 for scrapping.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
55.89
Acquisition
Donation, 27/7/1993
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1350
Width
(mm): 300
Height
(mm): 550
Location
In store
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