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S.S. VELINHELI, full hull ship model
Taylor, Don (Mr) (Don Taylor was model maker and conservation officer at the Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, Cardiff.)
Full hull model of S.S. VELINHELI, with white sails, cream funnel with red and black company logo. Wooden deck features. Scale 1/4inch :1 foot. In glazed wooden free standing case.
SS VELINHELI built by S McKnight & Co. of Ayr for the Dinorwic Quarries in 1892. She ran regulalry with cargoes of slate from Port Dinorwic to the company depot at Preston. Sold in 1941 she was eventually laid up at Peterhead where she sank in her moorings in 1947. She was raised and scrapped in the the late 1950's.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1994.53
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: S. McKnight & Co.
Association Type: shipping company
Association Type: slate quarries
Date: 1892-1941
Association Type: place name
Date: 1892-1941
Association Type: place name
Date: 1892-1941
Creation/Production
Taylor, Don (Mr)
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/1994
Measurements
Length
(mm): 660
Width
(mm): 120
Height
(mm): 330
case
(mm): 840
case
(mm): 280
case
(mm): 470
Techniques
hand made
Material
wood
metal
glass
textile
Location
NSM room 12 (Ystafell Peris)
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