Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Paddlesteamers at Ilfracombe, photograph

Brighton, Lady Margaret, Waverley, Cambria and Lorna Doone docked at Ilfracombe, 1896/1897.

P.S. BRIGHTON. Built for London Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1878. Sold to Pockett's Steam Packet Co, Swansea.

Built in 1870 as Carrick Castle

The paddle steamer Waverley, built 1885, was renamed HMS Way during World War I.

P.S. CAMBRIA was renamed HMS Cambridge during the course of World War I and HMS Plinlimmon during World War II. (1895-1946).

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2006.39/1682

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: P. & A. Campbell Ltd.
Association Type: Company name
Date: 1896-1897
Place: Ilfracombe

Acquisition

bequest, 4/5/2006

Measurements

Length (mm): 154
Width (mm): 212

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper
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