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. 'Bwllfa' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Bwllfa - 5th September 1879.

s.s. 'Bwllfa' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Bwllfa - 5th September 1879.

She was surveyed within Penarth Dock by Mr. A. E. Keydell. She was of 812 Gross Register Tonnage and registered to the Port of London having been built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited during 1865.

The vessel was lost off Flamborough Head during May 1893 as this local newspaper report records :

1893 - Collision at Sea - Off Flamborough Head. - 'The London steamer Bwllfa has foundered off Flamborough Head, after a collision with the Tyne steamer Busy Bee. The crew were saved.' - The Scarborough Post - [791] - 4th May 1893.

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