Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - The Lloyd's Register at Penarth Dock . . .

s.s. 'Veghtstroom'

s.s. 'Veghtstroom' - Veghtstroom was of 1,339 gross register tons being a steam cargo vessel completed in 1902 at the yard of Rijkee & Company, Rotterdam, for NV Hollandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij - Holland Steamship Company. From 1917 she was owned by Lawrence D. Holt of Liverpool. She was sunk on 23 August 1917 whilst in the Atlantic Ocean by a torpedo fired from UC47 when about 7 nautical miles off the Godrevy Lighthouse. She was en-route from Penarth to Le Havre with a cargo of coal. The lives of five crew members were lost that day. [882]

s.s. 'Veghtstroom' of Amsterdam - date and location unknown. [000] [002]

s.s. 'Veghtstroom' - Hollandsche Stoomboot Maats. ; 1901 ; Rijkee & Co. ; 1,339 tons ; 230 ft. x 33 ft. x 17.6 ft. ; 122 n.h.p. ; triple-expansion engines.

The Dutch steamship 'Veghtstroom', was seven miles N.W. of Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, on August 23rd, 1917, when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-47. At the time of the attack the steamship was sailing under the British flag. She sank with the loss of five lives. [799]

1908 - Tobacco in Draught Shaft - Big Customs Haul on Channel Trader - 'Johann Brommett (39) and Frederick John Slikker (37), two Dutchmen, were charged at Bristol on Tuesday with attempting to smuggle 51 lb. of tobacco and 5 lb. 15oz.. of cigars.

Mr. James Phelan, senior surveyor of Customs in Bristol, prosecuted, and in opening the case said the defendants were firemen on board the steamship Veghtstroom, which arrived at Bristol from Amsterdam on Sunday evening last. When the preventive men boarded her overnight nothing more than a small quantity of wine and spirits was declared, but on Monday morning the Customs officer discovered all the tobacco mentioned in the charge.

A preventive officer gave evidence that on going into the engine-room he raised the flooring of the platform, beneath which was the force draught shaft, and there saw four hermetically sealed tins, which were found to be filled with tobacco.

George Eeles, another officer, spoke to finding a large tin of cigars underneath the boilers.

Geert Oord, carpenter, deposed that he knew that on the previous voyage the men had smuggled a quantity of tobacco, which they landed at Swansea.

Prisoners, who said they knew nothing about the concealments, were remanded in custody till Wednesday, July 15.'

Evening Express [135] [361] 8th July 1908.

Lest we forget.

Walter Beresford, aged 35, Born in London, 2nd Steward, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

John Goddard, aged 34, Donkeyman, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, Born at Penarth, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

George William Hendon, aged 33, Chief Steward, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, Born at Camden Town, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

Thomas Alexander Hill Hoggan - aged 35, Chief Engineer, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

John McCrae Jamieson, aged 32, Carpenter, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, Born at Renfrew, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial.

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