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. 'Blake'

s.s. 'Blake' - The s.s. 'Blake' was a British merchant steamer which was torpedoed on the 24th July 1917 by UC49 and sunk 30 miles off Cape Wrath, which is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain. Five crew members were lost. She was en-route from Penarth to Archangel with a cargo of coal and at the time was defensibly armed with four 7 in. and two 2 pounder guns. She was a turret ship built at the Pallion yard of William Doxford & Sons Limited and launched during March 1906. She was a general cargo, single screw, steamship of 3,740 gross and 2,396 net register tons being 342.1 ft. in length x 46.6 ft. breath x 24.8 ft. depth. During 1917, she changed ownership to the Zodiac Shipping Company Limited, (Moller & Company), of Shanghai. [845]


A fine shipbuilder's model for the turret deck steamship s.s. 'Blake', built by William Doxford and Sons for the Blake Steamship Company Limited of London during 1906. The model sold for £6,600 on 15th September 2015. [892]

Lest we forget. 1. Ah Kwai, aged xx, Carpenter, commemorated Hong Kong Memorial. 2. Albert David Lloyd, aged 29, Third Engineer, born Aberayron, commemorated Tower Hill Memorial. 3. Nazirullah, aged xx, Second Tindal, born India, commemorated Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai. 4. Siddiq Miyan, aged xx, Trimmer, born India, commemorated Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai. 5. Sikandar Miyan, aged xx, Fireman, born India, commemorated Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai. [882]