s.v. 'Tilkhurst' - Report of Survey for Repairs, &c. for Tilkhurst - 7th October 1878.

She was surveyed afloat within Penarth Dock by Mr. Henry T. Tyrrell.  The vessel was a 3 masted, iron hulled, sailing ship, of 1,570 Gross Register Tonnage registered to the Port of Dunkirque. She was built at the shipyard of Messrs. Archibald McMillan & Son of Dumbarton and launched during April 1877. Her first owner was William R. Price & Company of London having been initially registered to the Port of London during July 1877. Her vital statistics were 239 ft. 1 in. long x 29 ft. 3 in. breath. [425]

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