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Phoenix patent fuel block
Phoenix Patent Fuel Co.
(manufacturer)
Flat-shaped 28lb (nominal weight) patent fuel block inscribed ‘Phoenix’ with pictorial image of a phoenix. Manufactured by the Phoenix Patent Fuel Co at Swansea, shipped on the S.S. GIRDLENESS along with coal. The vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine 2 May 1918 off North Cornwall and sank.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2018.57/2
Creation/Production
Acquisition
donation, 14/2/2018
Measurements
Weight
(lbs): 28 (approx)
Material
Coal dust
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