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English: Anchor from the HMS Conway at Victoria Dock, Caernarfon. First launched as the HMS Nile in 1839, it was renamed HMS Conway in 1875. The ship was brought to Bangor in 1941 and then to Plas Newydd, just north of Caernarfon, in 1949. The ship was wrecked in the Menai Strait in 1953, and this, one of 2 anchors, is displayed at Victoria Dock in Caernarfon.
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Eirian Evans / Anchor from the HMS Conway at Victoria Dock, Caernarfon
Camera location 53° 08′ 37″ N, 4° 16′ 30″ W Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Object location 53° 08′ 37″ N, 4° 16′ 30″ W Heading=45° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

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