Cymraeg

Cymru a’r Môr

Date Events Images
1805 Battle of Trafalgar HMS victory
1819 Over 180 emigrants sail from Cardigan to St Johns, New Brunswick, on the brig Albion  
1851 Martello Towers at Pembroke Dock brought into service Martello Towers
1859 Cataclysmic storm buffets Wales and sinks the Royal Charter  
1876 Third and final HMS Conway begins its life as a school-ship HMS Conway
1877 Last ship built in Cardigan boatyard Cardigan boatyard
1941 HMS Conway moves to North Wales  
1953 HMS Conway is wrecked in the Menai Straits  
1992-3 Richard Tudor captains the yacht British Steel II in the round-the-world race  
2002 Newport’s medieval ship is discovered Picture of the new arts centre