Drawings

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19th century pencil drawing landscape of lakeside scene with boat and figures. Inscribed verso including "Nr. Bangor"

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Rare collection of ink and pencil ship drawings of Bangor based vessels


SS Pennant

Launched: Thursday, 01/07/1897 by Anglesey Shipping Company (Owen T. Jones), Port Penrhyn and later (1911) by Baron Penrhyn. A 180 feet Coaster. She sunk and then was scrapped 04/09/1925




Mary B Mitchell

Mary B Mitchell was built by Paul Rogers in 1892 at Carrickfergus, as a three-masted topsail schooner.[2] She started her career exporting slate from North Wales to Hamburg. She was owned by Lord Penrhyn and served for a period as a yacht, before being put to work as a coaster,[3] transporting china clay from Cornwall. In 1916 three Arklow schooners were requisitioned by the Admiralty to be used as Q-ships, they were: Cymric, Gaelic and Mary B Mitchell.

She was put to work in WWi an WWII and stared in several films

The Mary B Mitchell is commemorated in Bangor by a memorial plaque and a bronze weather vane which adorns the city’s Deiniol shopping precinct. It was designed and made by Ann Catrin Evans and Roger Wyn Evans. The plaque gives a brief account of the ships history, while the weather vane depicts her in silhouette.

more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_B_Mitchell_(schooner)












SS Harrier

Built in 1892 by Scotts Bowling, owned c1894 by Anglesey Shipping Company and c1911 by Baron Penrhyn as a 120 ft cargo vessel. She was struck by a torpedo & sunk - 07/06/1943 (under ownership to South Africans).


SS Sybil Mary

Built in 1921 as a 130ft coaster by Scott Bowling. Owned 1921 - 1938 Penrhyn Quarries, 1938 - 1952 Anglesey Shipping Co Ltd,  1952 - 1954 Penrhyn Quarries Ltd London,  1954 - 1955 Dinorwic Slate Quarries Ltd Pt Dinorwic . She was scrapped 12/03/1955.


SS Pamela

The British steam cargo ship Pamela, built in 1921 by Scott & Sons and owned at the time of her loss by the Anglesey Shipping Co. Ltd (Baron Penhryn) was on a voyage from Sharpeness to Liverpool, when she sank in the Irish Sea 10/10/1944.

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