Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Ship model stand
Plain dark wood stand for ship model (2003.210/1). Length of chain hanging at centre.
The M.V. VICTORIA CITY was a steel motor vessel of 6162 gross tons, completed in 1955 by Sir William Doxford & Sons, Pallion Yard, Sunderland, for Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff. On 14 December 1955, whilst on her maiden voyage from Hamburg to Hampton Roads with general cargo, she collided with the Italian oil tanker Valentina Bibolini off the Dutch coast, and sank. All hands were saved.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2003.210/2
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1764
Width
(mm): 423
Height
(mm): 1140
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