Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Phoenix patent fuel block

Phoenix Patent Fuel Co. (Manufacturer)

Flat-shaped 28lb (nominal weight) patent fuel block inscribed ‘Phoenix’ with pictorial image of a phoenix. Manufactured by the Phoenix Patent Fuel Co at Swansea, shipped on the S.S. GIRDLENESS along with coal. The vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine 2 May 1918 off North Cornwall and sank.

Torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 2 May 1918 off north Cornwall.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2018.57/1

Creation/Production

Phoenix Patent Fuel Co.
Role: Manufacturer
Place: Swansea
Period: 1918

Acquisition

donation, 14/2/2018

Measurements

length (mm):
width (mm):
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Weight (lbs): 28

Material

Coal dust

Categories

Coke & patent fuel Other industries and man. Steam (maritime) Maritime West Glamorgan 1910s Girdleness (S.S.)

Classification

military history wrecks and wrecking First World War
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