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. 'Nascopie'

s.s. 'Nascopie' - was a passenger/cargo vessel built at the Neptune Yard in Low Walker on the Tyne, by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited and launched during December 1911 and handed over to her owners the Nascopie Steamship Company Limited of St John's, Newfoundland during February 1912. She was 2,521 gross and 1,503 net register tons being 285.5 ft. in length x 43.8 ft. berth x 20.2 ft. depth. She was fitted with an ice breaker bow with thicker than normal hull plates and named after the indigenous people of Quebec and Labrador. Many thanks to Tyne Built Ships for this record and information. [102]


s.s. 'Nascopie' - During WWI the Hudson's Bay Company had a fleet of around 250 vessels which included the 'Nascopie'. Upon her completion early in 1912, the vessel was at first utilised as a collier and for general cargo duties voyaging between St. John's and the South Wales ports as well as other British ports. It was during one of these voyages during late January 1912 she took on coal for St. John's at Penarth Dock. She was lost in July 1947 entering Cape Dorset harbour when she struck an uncharted reef. The image has been colourised.


s.s. 'Nascopie' - a photograph of her at an unknown location and date courtesy of Photoship. [102] [158]