Traditionally this nameboard comes from a Portuguese vessel called 'Corea' (a variant of 'Korea') wrecked in 1890 while bound from Cardiff to Oporto with coal. However, Lloyd's neither reported such a wreck nor has any record of the ship been found. It may be that the board actually comes from a British steamer of 1321 tons, built in 1890 and owned by Stephens, Mawson and Goss of Newport, South Wales. On 18 February 1892 while bound from Cardiff to Genoa she collided with the Norwegian steamer ‘Norden’ off southern Portugal and went ashore near Aljezur; no lives were lost. A British salvage vessel from Cadiz surveyed the wreck and reported it a total loss. If this is the right ship it is more likely that the board was brought home as a souvenir rather than floating back but even this is possible.