Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. EMLYNIAN, full hull ship model

S.S. Emlynian (5,112gt) : Built in 1920 by Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. LTD., West Hartlepool for Dragon Shipping Co. LTD., Cardiff (Emlyn Jones & Co. LTD. - Managers). In 1933 she was sold to a Panamanian company and re-named Bolivar. In 1935 she was sold to Bright Navigation Co. LTD., London and re-named Brightorian. In 1936 she was sold to a Chinese company and re-named Kao Sing. In 1938 she was sold to a Japanese company and re-named Yamagiku Maru. June 28, 1944 she was torpedoed and sunk by U.S.S. Pargo in the Malacca Strait.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

62.196

Acquisition

Donation, 8/6/1962

Measurements

Length (mm): 1330
Width (mm): 200
Height (mm): 400

Location

In store
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