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S.S. TIRYDAIL, half hull ship model

MacMillan, Hugh (Model maker)

Half hull mirror backed model of the S.S. TIRYDAIL. In mahogany case with front glass panel.

S.S. TIYRDAIL. Steam coaster of 650 gross tons, built by C.H. Walker & Co. in 1918 for the Western Valley Anthracite Collieries Ltd., Swansea. She was sold in 1926 to F.T. Everard & Co. of Greenhithe, Kent and in 1947 she was sold again to the Dinorwic Slate Quarries, Port Dinorwic amd re-named JOSEPH MITCHELL. She foundered and sank off Ballycotton, County Cork on 8 February 1950 whilst bound Garston-Cork with a cargo of coal.

S.S. TIRYDAIL, half hull ship model
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1994.209/1

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: C.H. Walker & Co. Ltd.
Association Type: Ship builder
Date: 1918
Place: Sudbrook Shipyard
Association Type: Slate company
Date: 1947
Place: Dinorwic slate quarries
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1918
Place: Sudbrook
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1947
Place: Port Dinorwic

Creation/Production

MacMillan, Hugh
Role: Model maker
Place: 15 Cathedral Street

Acquisition

purchase, 10/11/1994

Measurements

Length (mm): 1146
Width (mm): 250
Height (mm): 420

Material

Wood
Glass
Metal

Location

audited

Categories

Steam (maritime) Maritime Slate Coal Tirydail (S.S.) Joseph Mitchell Gwent (county name)

Classification

water transportation transportation military history steam powered (water) First World War
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