Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

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

A Timeline : Passat and Pamir at Penarth Dock - based upon 'Logs Chips' : the periodical publication of recent maritime history by John Lyman [688] [684] plus information from some of the foregoing newspaper reports :

Log Chip Date	Vessel(s)	Date and event
Nov. 1949	Pamir	2nd October - arr. Falmouth from Port Victoria (28th May). 5th October - left in tow for Penarth. 6th October - arr. Penarth.
Nov. 1949	Passat	19th September - arr. Cobb from Port Victoria. 24th September - sailed for Penarth. 3rd October - arr. Penarth.
Nov. 1949	Pamir and Passat	Chartered by the British Ministry of Food to store their cargoes, and their Finnish owner is looking for buyers.
Jan. 1950	Pamir	For sale at Penarth for $84,000.
Jan. 1950	Passat	For sale at Penarth for $84,000.
May 1950	Pamir	4th April - Towed Penarth to Barry Docks (Atlantic Mills). ?? April/May - Towed Penarth.
	Passat	??April/May - Towed Penarth to Barry Docks (Atlantic Mills). ?? April/May - Towed Penarth.
Dec. 1950	Passat	15th December - Photo of Captain Ivar Hagerstrand and Betty Northmore 'saying farewell' at Penarth Dock.
May 1951	Pamir	13th. March - left Penarth. 18th. March - arr. Antwerp.
May 1951	Passat	5th. March - left Penarth for Cardiff. 6th. March - left Cardiff. 10th. March - arr. Antwerp.
May 1951	Pamir and Passat	Scrapped - however, this statement is incorrect as each vessel was sold.

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