Images of Industry
S.S. RAVENSWORTH
artist unknown
Date: late 19th century
Media: gouache on paper
Size: 385 x 598 mm
Acquired: 1980; Purchase
Accession Number: 80.53I/2
Unidentified signature at bottom left.
The Ravensworth was built by Priestman’s of Sunderland in 1883 for Newcastle shipowners, but in 1898 she was sold to Harries Bros of Swansea. The Harries family were natives of the Fishguard area. The Ravensworth was eventually lost by collision during September 1917.
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