HMS Conway – Yesterday & Today In Photos

Naval History book by Alfie Windsor £25

Published by AW Books in 2020, second edition 2023, third edition 2026

Paperback, A4 format, 233 pages with 717 photos

This book is a companion volume to Alfie’s much praised history of the ship covering every facet of the ship’s life. Each topic is described and illustrated with original black and white period photos and comparison colour photos showing the same scenes today.

Topics covered include:
–    Conway places including the Rock Ferry, Bangor and Plas Newydd moorings and landing stages, and the Sailors’ Home.
–    The three ships with the last described deck by deck including the incredibly detailed deck plans produced in 1953 with the viewpoint of every historic photo overlaid.
–    All Conway’s buildings and shore facilities including the Rock Ferry and Bangor playing fields and sanatoriums, the camp (including three surviving huts), all the buildings at Plas Newydd including the dock, and the two Conway Chapels.
–    Major events like the dry docking and figurehead masting in 1938, the transit to Bangor in 1941, the loss, wreck and fire, and the tents in 1953. 
–    A modern tour along the Strait from the Britannia Bridge to “PD”.

– Descriptions and photos of the four Conway memorial windows at Rock Ferry, Bangor Pier, Plas Newydd and the latest in St Edwin’s Church, Llanedwen, Ynys Mon.

The history of the ship’s numerous ensigns, crests and badges is also described along with images of them all. Finally there is a 47 page detailed inventory of over 470 Conway artefacts and their whereabouts including major relics, silver, ship artefacts, works of art, boats, displays, archives and much, much more. If you wondered what happened to anything connected with Conway the answer is almost certainly here.

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