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 . . .

'Vivienne'

The s.s. 'Vivienne', an iron hulled, single screw steamer of 1,289 gross and 838 net register tons, was built at the Stockton yard of Richardson, Duck & Company Limited, being launched during September 1880 and completed the following month for owners Cuthbert, Hancock & Lamb of Cardiff. Her vital statistics were 239.2 ft. long x 34.1 ft. breath x 16.4 ft. deep. She had a total of five owners at the Port of Cardiff being sold in 1898 to Bugge & Company of Mandal. She foundered in June 1911 after a collision with 'Glenelg' off the Lizard, on passage from Penarth bound for Copenhagen with a cargo of coal. [833]

 
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