Casgliadau Arlein

Cardiff and South Wales Philatelic Society, 75th Anniversary of the departure of the TERRA NOVA from Cardiff commemorative cover. Stamp is 16p UK commemorative centenary of the Greenwich Meridian 1984.

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.