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Photographs and documents relating to the Clio Industrial Training Ship, 1877-1920.
Photographs and documents relating to the Clio Industrial Training Ship, 1877-1920.
The Clio was an Industrial Training Ship which served 'North Wales, Chester and the Border Counties' during the period 1877-1920. During this time it was moored in the Menai Straits, near Bangor. The ship had a dual purpose, namely - to take care of and train boys under the age of 14 who were regarded as being in need of special educational or custodial care; and secondly, to provide a regular supply of seamen for the Royal Navy and Mercantile Service. Although boys who had been convicted of crimes were not permitted to enter industrial training ships, the Clio was regarded by many people as a 'reformatory' ship.
