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S.S. PONTYPRIDD (painting)
Portrait of the S.S. 'Pontypridd'. Signed bottom right. Unfinished sketch on reverse.
S.S. PONTYPRIDD. Built 1924 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, Newcastle for Thomas Morel & Co. On 11 June 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-94 while en route from Immingham to Sydney in ballast, and a straggler in Convoy ONS-100. Two crew were lost. The master was taken prisoner by U-569 and was taken to POW camp Milag Nord. 42 crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMCS CHAMBLY and landed at St Johns.
Image: By kind permission of Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. © Unknown. If you have any information that may assist us in identifying a © holder, please contact images@museumwales.ac.uk
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2001.61/2
Acquisition
Donation, 9/4/2001
Measurements
Length
(mm): 182
Width
(mm): 277
Techniques
pencil on paper
painting and drawing
Material
paper
Location
In store
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