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. 'Ribera'

 

s.s. 'Ribera' - The vessel was steamer of 3,511 gross register tons built in 1915 for the Bolton Steam Shipping Company Limited having been delivered from the yard of William Gray and Sons, West Hartlepool. She was 343.0 ft. in length x 49.0 ft. in breath x 22.9 ft. in depth.

During 1917 she was renamed 'Glorose' and came under the ownership of Humphries (Cardiff) Limited, also of London. On 10th June 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk whilst 70 miles North of Cape Wrath by U61. The vessel was on a voyage from Penarth to a White Sea port (Archangel) with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Her Master was A. Smith. [840]

 
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