Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Port view of S.S. BLUSH ROSE at sea. Unsigned and undated.

Built by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull, June 1913. Completed by N.V. Scheepsbouwwerf 'de Merwede', Hardinxweld for Richard Hughes & Co., Liverpool 6.2.1942. Beached in Dale Roads after air attack three miles south of St. Ann's Head whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Swansea in ballast - towed to Milford Haven and repaired 2.8.1945. Sunk in collision with steamer GLAUCUS, 20 miles off Holyhead whilst on passgae from Dublin to Preston in ballast.