Bangor museum tells story of the naughty boys' ship

The HMS Clio took troubled boys and trained them for a life in the navy or merchant marine

It was known as the naughty boys' ship because it tried to turn around the lives of teenage delinquents.

The Clio trained hundreds for life in the royal or merchant navy when it was moored in the Menai Strait off Anglesey from 1877 to 1920.

Now its story is being retold at Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor.

"It was part of local folklore," said the museum's Alun Thomas. "People would say, 'If you don't behave you'll be sent to naughty boys' ship' ".

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