B/w print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1990.1250
Identification
Item: The Flowergate stranded on Porthminster Beach in June 1946
Description: SS Schildturm was built at Geestmunde, Germany in June 1911 for the Hansa Company. In August 1914 she was seized by the Belgian Navy. In October 1914 she was recaptured by Germany. In1919 she was brought to Britain as a war prize. In 1921 she was bought by Turnbull Scott and renamed Flowergate. In 1941 she was sold to C Strubin and Company of London. In June 1944 she was scuttled as a blockship, Gooseberry No 3 at Arromanches. In 1946 she was refloated and when being towed to the scrapyard, was beached at St Ives in the June. In July 1946 she was beached at Mumbles. She was towed to Briton Ferry on the River Neath between Swansea and Port Talbot and scrapped by T Ward Ltd.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
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