Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
TERRA NOVA returning to Cardiff, photograph
TERRA NOVA entering Cardiff Docks on her return to Cardiff on 14 June 1913. Initials 'FWT' in ink by photographer at bottom right. Mounted on card.
S.Y. TERRA NOVA. Auxiliary barque of 764 tons, was built by Messrs Alexander Stephens and Sons, Dundee in 1884 for the whaling trade. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, she was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.