Bronze Age Gold from Wales

T.S. KING GEORGE V, photograph

Remains of the Glasgow turbine steamer KING GEORGE V at Cardiff, 1984. She was being cut up near the entrance to Cardiff Docks following a fire on board while undergoing restoration at C.H.Bailey's Dry Docks in August 1981

T.S. KING GEORGE V. The first passenger turbine driven steamer ship built in 1926. C.H. Bailey purchased the ship with the intention of converting it into a restaurant and was moored in the Mountstuart dry dock 1980-1983. A fire in 1984 ended her days and she was cut up at Cardiff in 1984.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2009.126/30

Creation/Production

Reed, Clive F. (Mr)
Date: 28/07/1984

Acquisition

Donation, 22/12/2009

Measurements

Length (mm): 101
Width (mm): 150

Techniques

colour (photograph)
photograph

Material

paper

Location

In store
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