Bronze Age Gold from Wales
P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN, half hull ship model
Half hull model of the P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN. On wooden back board painted in cream, black, peach and white. Three lifeboats on deck. Ship's name painted in gold on the bow, stern and centre.
P.S. BRISTOL QUEEN. Built 1946 by Charles Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol (with triple-expansion engine by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd), for P. & A. Campbell Ltd. She was the largest paddle steamer built for the company. 1959 – Laid up at Penarth for two years, she returned to service in the Spring of 1961. In August 1967, she hit a submerged object off the coast at Barry, and damaged her starboard paddle wheel. She was taken out of service three days later, and laid up at Cardiff. Despite attempts to preserve the vessel, she was towed to Ostend in March 1968 and broken up.