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Inscription:
A
SILVER CUP AWARDED BY OWEN JONES MERCHANT OF LLANGRANNOG FOR THE BEST
TEN CWT OF RED MANGOLDS GROWN WITH BURNARD LACK & ALGER'S MANURES IN
1877. |
We purchased this
cup in November 2003 because it is part of Llangrannog History, although at
present we have no knowledge of its origin or whether anyone ever won the
cup. Hopefully we can get some information on the origin and History of the
Cup. (Thanks
to Dai Thomas for informing us know that this cup was for sale on E-Bay
auctions)
Anglo Belgique Shipping Company
Limited.
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The
Anglo Belgique Shipping Company was established by Evan Owen of
Llangrannog in partnership with E.L Williams of Penarth, in 1916 with
their first ship 'Kyleness', which was renamed 'Cymric Prince'.
E.L Williams left the company later in 1916 and Evan Owen's two sons,
Alwyn and Aneurin joined the firm and an additional steamer was obtained
before 1918. The depressed years of the 1920's and 30's took their toll
of the company and in 1933, the Bank foreclosed and the company was
wound up. |
This Share Certificate
No. 1992 to the value of £100 was issued on Monday 30th June 1919 and signed
by the Chairman Evan Owen.
(From a
conversation with Beryl Jones of Angorfa, she believes that Evan Owen was in
fact Capt. Evan Owen of 'Y Bwthyn' Llangrannog and the family were from 'Y
Foel').
This Share Certificate was bought at Auction many years ago in Guernsey and
was bought by us at E-Bay auctions in December 2003.
(Thanks again to Dai Thomas
for informing us that this was for sale and we purchased this certificate as
it forms part of the Heritage of Llangrannog)
From our Research it came
to light that 'Cymric Prince'
was reported as sunk off Pembrokeshire on 24th February
1917. There are in fact two reports of her sinking listed in 'Wrecks off
Pembrokeshire' and are follows:
'Cymric Prince
Steamship, 3445 tons, 340 ft long, off North Bishop. Ran aground and sank
carrying iron ore to Liverpool on February 17th 1917'.
'Cymric Prince
Steamship, 3445 tons, 7 miles off Strumble Head, ran aground and sank, on
route Belfast to Cardiff in ballast'.
Bont Shipping Company
David Owen
(from Llangrannog, Cards. Brother of Evan Owen of the Anglo-Belgique Co.)
set up the company in 1916 acquiring an ex Runciman steamship which was
renamed Bontnewydd.
This ship was lost to enemy action in 1917 and David Owen set up the County
Shipping Co.
County Shipping Co.
David Owen
(from Llangrannog, Cards.)
lost his ship Bontnewydd of the Bont Shipping Co. in 1917 as a result of an
enemy torpedo. In 1918 he set up the County Shipping Co. with two ships, the
County of Cardigan
(previously the Deddington) and the
County of Carmarthen.
He was supported in his venture by
Sir William
Seager
of Cardiff. Like so many Cardiff companies the depression of the 1920's
brought severe financial difficulty. The loss of
County
of Carmarthen in 1922
was followed by the closure of the company in 1924.
Information on the Shipping companies
above was obtained from "Short Histories of some Cardiff area Shipping
Companies", compiled by Bob Sanders, more information on other companies
can be found at
http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/SHIPCO.html .
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