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Copper cathode plate
Rectangular shaped copper cathode with rim around edges, hole slightly to one side of centre with indent on either side. Recovered from wreck of S.S. BENAMAIN, outward bound from Swansea for Treport, north east France with 'general cargo', struck rocks off Lundy in fog and was wrecked at Oxwich Bay, Gower on 29 March 1890, with no loss of life. Cargo was mainly cathodes (about 180 tons) with a smaller cargo of ingots (about 20 tons). Ingot is marked "V & S" which stands for Vivian & Sons, Swansea's largest firm of smelters.
S.S. BENAMAIN. Iron steamship. Wrecked at Oxwich Bay, Gower on 29 March 1890.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1994.170/4
Creation/Production
Vivian & Sons
Date: 1890
Acquisition
Purchase, 17/10/1994
Measurements
Length
(mm): 510
Width
(mm): 130
Height
(mm): 30
Weight
(kg): 7.6
Material
copper
Location
In store
Classification
wrecks and wreckingComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.