Uncatalogued: Memoir and photographs relating to the master mariner David John ‘Potato’ Jones

Handwritten memoir of the master mariner and shipowner David John ‘Potato’ Jones of Swansea, entitled ‘Memoirs of 50 years at sea without accident and my introduction of my life story’, together with a list of his engagements as master, 1908 to 1938.

Typescript copy of the above memoir entitled ‘Blockade Runner’ (a reference to his exploits during the Spanish Civil War), with some anecdotes from shipmates.

Photographic prints showing ships belonging to Dillwyn Steamship Co. Ltd. including the KELLWYN ex MARIE LLEWELLYN (1920), a group portrait and Jones in uniform, as used in a series of articles in 'The Western Mail' in 1957.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/76/133; MS1976/133 MSS/76/133
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Date made: circa 1940-1957
Creator: Jones, David John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London