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. 'Ibero'

The general cargo ship 'Ibero' headed out from Cardiff, passing Penarth Head on the 21st January 1930 en-route for Barcelona with her cargo of coal but never arrived there She was subsequently posted as missing.

She was built at the East Yard of Robert Duncan & Company at Port Glasgow having been launched during May 1926. she was completed the following month and handed over to her owners M. M . de Pinlos of Cadiz. She was 404.9 ft. in length x 33.0 ft. wide x 27.6 ft. depth being of 1191 tons gross and 719 tons net register. [813]

 
A Spanish newspaper article reporting the loss of the 'Ibero'. Many thanks to the Naviera Pinillos website for the cutting. [821]
 
 
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