1927 in Wales
overview of Wales-related events during the year of 1927
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1927 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Archbishop of Wales – Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph
Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Elfed
Events
January - The British cargo ship Swiftsure collides with another vessel in the Bristol Channel and is beached at Cardiff.
27 January - Three men are killed in an explosion at the Dowlais Works, East Moors, Cardiff.
4 February - At Pendine Sands, Sir Malcolm Campbell sets a new world land speed record of 174.88 mph (281.44 km/h).
5 February - The first ever radio sports commentary from Wales covers the Wales v Scotland rugby union match at Cardiff Arms Park.
1 March - In a mining accident at Marine Colliery, Ebbw Vale, 52 miners are killed.
3 March - J. G. Parry-Thomas is killed at Pendine, attempting to break Campbell's record (set on 4 February).
24 March - The Norwegian cargo ship Verdande leaves Cardiff, bound for Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Five bodies and two lifebelts and some lifeboats would later be washed ashore at Boscastle and Bude, Cornwall, leading to the conclusion that the ship had foundered with the loss of all hands.
30 March - The Cardiff trawler Moira is wrecked on the north Cornish coast, drowning seven members of the crew of 12.
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