Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Pamir and Passat - the end of an era . . .

1949 - 'Passat' in Penarth Roads under tow on the 4th October heading for Penarth Dock.
1949 - 'Passat' in Penarth Roads under tow on the 4th October heading for Penarth Dock.

1949 - 'Passat' in Penarth Roads under tow on the 3rd October. About ten of the crew are to be seen as she approaches the entrance piers to the sea lock of the Penarth Dock at the end of her long voyage from Australia. 'Passat' departed Port Victoria and arrived Cobb on 19th September 1949. On the 24th she sailed and arrived at Penarth Dock 3rd October 1949.

The original glass negative of this photograph is held at the archives of the National Museum of Wales. The enlargement has been colourised. [Museum item number : 1996.96/415] [629] [20180415]

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