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H.M.S. HAMADRYAD, negative

H. Tempest Ltd
unknown

Seamans Hospital HMS HAMADRYAD, late 19th Century. HMS HAMADRYAD was permanently moored in the River Taff. She was eventually replaced by a brick built hospital on the shore.

H.M.S. HAMADRYAD was the third ship of that name. She was built at Pembroke Dock between 1819 and 1823 for £24 683 but never saw active service. Following her launch at Pembroke Dock in 1823 she was towed to Portsmouth for completion The ship never saw active service, being laid-up in reserve at Devonport until 1866 when she was declared surplus and destined to be broken-up. Instead she was loaned for conversion into a seamen’s hospital ship for the port of Cardiff. She arrived by July 1866 and was berthed in the Bute East Dock where, with masts removed and her upper deck roofed-over, she opened as “Hamadryad Hospital” on 1 November 1866. In summer 1867 she was moved and anchored on “The West Mud”, at a location that later became close to the junction of Ferry Road and Hunter Street. In 1905 a replacement hospital was built on shore, opening on 29 June 1905, and the ship was sold by the Admiralty to London-based buyers for breaking-up. She left Cardiff under tow on 5 September 1905 for Appledore where she was finally broken-up in 1921.

H.M.S. HAMADRYAD, negative
Image: © By permission of H. Tempest Ltd/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

86.34I/5077

Creation/Production

H. Tempest Ltd
unknown
Date: 20th century, mid –

Acquisition

Donation, 20/2/1986

Measurements

Length (mm): 87
Width (mm): 122

Techniques

cellulose acetate (monochrome)
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative

Material

film (photographic)

Location

In store

Categories

maritime 20th century, mid 19th century, late Hamadryad (H.M.S.)

Classification

buildings hospital
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