Mountjoy
Mountjoy
Mountjoy
MARITIME HISTORY
Title
Mountjoy
Object Name
Nameplates
Maker
Crawford, Frederick Hugh (R. F. A.) (Major) (Primary maker)
Crawford, Frederick Hugh (R. F. A.) (Major) (maker)
Crawford, Frederick Hugh (R. F. A.) (Major) (maker)
Date Made
1914
1914
1914
Description
Canvas nameplates; "Mountjoy" printed at sea on the "Clyde Valley" by Major.F.Crawford. The Clyde Valley temporarily changed its name to the 'Mountjoy,' as historic reference to the Mountjoy ship during the Seige of Derry, for coming into Larne and Bangor to unload the guns for the awaiting Ulster Volunteers during the Home Rule crisis.
Materials
canvas, paint
Place Collected
Catalogue Number
BELUM.L2.1944
Copyright
National Museums NI
