TWO BRIDGES

TOO FAR

 

 

THE LOSS OF 'HMS CONWAY'

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The history of HMS Nile ...(third replacement 'HMS Conway' ) from 1827 when her keel was laid, with an explanation of how she came to be in the unlikely location where she was lost.
 

CHRONOLOGY

This account of the 1953 outbound transit, includes over 200 photographs, and is the most exhaustive account anywhere available. It takes the reader from the early discussions and planning of the move right up to the unexplained destruction of the ship by fire.

 

TWO BRIDGES TOO FAR

Supported by the investigations of oceanographers and a wealth of scientific, meteriological, tidal and other material, this is a definitive study of the very unusual physical factors unique to the Menai Strait which resulted in the loss of the ship.