Posted by J.E. (mike ) Williamson on 00:30:56
In Reply to: Re: H.M.S. conway, Menai Straits posted by Jim Phillips Shipwreck Researcher, WALES on September 24, 2000 at 09:22:37:
: Graeme, Your grandfathers ship was 114 years old when she was being towed by two tug boats through the Menai Straits. North Wales - the tow ropes broke, and she drifted onto a beach in the Straits - ships back broke, on Tuesday 14 April 1953. HMS CONWAY was launched in June 1839 as HMS NILE, a 90 gun battleship. 240 feet long, and 4,375 tons. She ended up as a training ship. You should be able to get much more information from the local newspapers as you now have a date to work from. Good Luck. Signed Jim Phillips.
03/09/2001: