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

Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - The Lloyd's Register at Penarth Dock . . .

s.s. 'Broomhall' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Black Watch - 18th July 1879.

s.s. 'Broomhall' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Black Watch - 18th July 1879.

She was surveyed within Penarth Dock Mr. Henry T. Tyrrell. She was of 1,430 Gross Register Tonnage and registered to the Port of Dundee having been built by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland during 1874.

The demise of the vessel was recorded by a periodical published in Honolulu during September 1895 :

Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept. 14. - The Italian bark Broomhall, from the Tyne for Caleta Buena, has been sunk in collision with the British bark Condor, Captain Roberts, from Rio Janeiro for Caleta Buena. Captain Repetto, the mate and five of the crew of the Broomhall were drowned. The remainder of the crew have been landed here. The Condor was badly damaged. - The Pacific Commercial Advertiser - [790] - 28th September 1895.

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