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 . . .

'Malpas Belle'


The 'Malpas Belle' was a wooden hulled, 3 masted, barque or schooner which came ashore and was wrecked at Seaton, Devon on the 3rd February 1922 during a storm. All six crew were saved according to the casualty reports published within the Times newspaper [792] the following day. She was built c.1872, being of 180 tons gross and carrying a cargo of bog ore from Antwerp to Penarth according to the Lloyds Register Casualty Returns for 1922. [856]

 
The barque 'Malpas Belle' ashore at Seaton shingle beach situated on the south coast of England on the 3rd February 1922. The barque 'Malpas Belle' ashore upon Seaton shingle beach situated on the south coast of England on the 3rd February 1922. The image has been colourised. [002]
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