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Full title :- A Souvenir of the Dinner at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, June 16 1913. Given to the Officers and Crew of the "TERRA NOVA", British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913.

Mass produced booklet with printed autographs of officers and crew who attended the dinner in Cardiff and two black and white illustrations of the TERRA NOVA and City Hall Cardiff. 47 pages, with 47 illustrations (2 black and white).

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.