The 'Constantinos Coutsodontis' was registered to the company of Coutsodontis & Papanast Asopulo, Syra in April 1922. I believe this dates the photo to a few years later and after the transition of the ownership of the Penarth Docks from the Taff Vale Railway Company to the Great Western Railway under the 1921 Railways Act.

Formerly she was a British registered vessel named 'Norman Prince' and at her build on the Clyde yard of Charles Connell & Co. in 1904, she was launched as the 'Glenelg'. She was 4,160 gross registered tons, being 377 feet in length and 49' 6" breath. She was equipped with a triple expansion steam engine giving her a speed of 10 knots. Thanks to the Caledonian Maritime Research Trust for the information about the ship. [334]

The postcard (with colourised versions) entitled 'Vessel loading coal at Penarth Dock' - 'Great Western Railway' was published in a series produced for/by? the Autotyre Company. The coal shute of number 19 tip is lowered and a coal truck is in the process of being tipped. To the rear of the tip a H.G.L. truck has been turned on the turnstile and awaits its turn to be tipped. Note also the coal trucks of Messrs Insole and Messrs Holman awaiting in the sidings. The Insole family were well known colliery owners but I found it difficult to trace the Holman name. However, thanks to the Welsh Coal Mines website [641] I found a reference to one Frederick W. Holman who was MD and Chairman of the Mynachdy Colliery Co. Ltd. which had offices at Merthyr House, James Street, Cardiff. Corrections/comment welcome as always!

The ship has about four or five feet more until she is on her marks and then she will just cast off and steam away to the sun with her cargo of Welsh steam coal. The postcard is from a series promoting the extensive GWR Docks which became owned and administered by the Company under the Railways Act of 1921. This postcard is held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]