Bronze Age Gold from Wales

CAERNARVON, full hull ship model

Phipps, Anthony W. (Model maker)

Full hull model of the Shell tanker M.V. CAERNARVON.

M.V. CAERNARVON's name was changed to SHELL DIRECTOR, but the vessel continued to visit Caernarfon. Vessel traded from Stanloe Oil Refinery to the storage tanks at Caernarfon until mid 1980s.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2012.49

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Caernarfon

Creation/Production

Role: Model maker
Period: 20th century

Acquisition

donation, 2/8/2012

Measurements

Length (mm): 1350
Width (mm): 250
Height (mm): 550

Material

Plastic
Wood
Metal
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.