Cadets from the Training Ship Wellesley

Cadets from the Training Ship Wellesley

Image Details

Title Cadets from the Training Ship Wellesley
Reference Number STH0016382
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village North Shields
Date 1914
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1910s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Boys from the training ship Wellesley at the Tynemouth Plaza or "Palace" as it was known. The boys were stationed there when the ship caught fire in 1914. They stayed there until moving to Blyth in 1920.