AN exhibition telling the story of a naval training ship that grounded in the Menai Strait is on in Menai Bridge.

The HMS Conway Exhibition is at the Menai Heritage's Thomas Telford Centre, from now until the end of June.

Menai Heritage, the charity that runs the Bridges Exhibition in Menai Bridge, is commemorating the 65th anniversary of the HMS Conway running aground. The ship was being moved to Birkenhead for a refit, but foundered when tugs lost control near the Menai Suspension Bridge. It stayed there until 1956, when it caught fire and burned to the water level. The exhibition is open Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am-5pm, the entrance fee is £3; children under 16 free.

On Saturday, June 2, a lecture about the HMS Conway will be given by Alfie Windsor, a former HMS Conway cadet, at 2pm, at the Thomas Telford Centre.