Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Brass plaque mounted on wooden frame. Reads 'THIS BED IS DEDICATED BY / HENRY AND DANIEL RADCLIFFE / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY EDWARD DE PARNY RENNICK, / LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R.N., FORMERLY / LIEUTENANT ON THE "TERRA NOVA", / ON THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. / A LIFE OF SPLENDID ENDEAVOUR AND UNTIRING DEVOTION TO DUTY / WAS BROUGHT TO A GLOURIOUS END ON THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 1914., WHEN H.M.S. "HOGUE" WAS SUNK IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA. / - 1916. -'

S.Y. TERRA NOVA. Auxiliary barque of 764 tons, was built by Messrs Alexander Stephens and Sons, Dundee in 1884 for the whaling trade. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, she was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.