The British merchant vessel s.s. 'Allendale' was launched in October 1875 at the Deptford yard of James Laing & Sons at Sunderland. She was an iron, single screw steamer, of 880 gross and 569 net register tons, being 211.8 ft. in length x 28.5 ft. breath x 16.1 ft. in depth. Whilst on voyage from Penarth to Liverpool with a cargo of 1,100 tons of coal, was wrecked in fog on Skokholm Island, 2.5 miles off the Pembrokeshire coast on the 12th May 1895. [845]

A CARDIFF-LADEN STEAMER STRANDED - The steamer Allendale, of Sunderland, from Cardiff for Liverpool, with coal, stranded at Stokham Island, near Milford, on Sunday morning, during a dense fog. The crew were saved in their own boats. The captain believes the vessel's bottom is torn out forward, where she lies awash at high water. There is no water In the afterhold, which is afloat. She lies in a very exposed position, and is likely to become a total wreck. - South Wales Daily News [325] [361] 13th May 1895.