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. 'J. Duncan'


The s.s. 'J. Duncan' aground at Tolpedn, Cornwall during August 1913 whilst en-route Penarth to Devonport with a cargo of coal. She was built at the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Limited at Troon for the J. Duncan Steam Ship Company Limited of Cardiff and was launched during May 1905. She was of 1,939 gross and 793 net register tons being 287.6 ft. long x 40.2 ft. breath x 19.5 ft. depth. [219] [425]

Sennen Cove, Cornwall — 'The s.s. J. Duncan, of Cardiff, whilst bound from that port to Devonport with a cargo of coal, stranded on the rocks at Tol Pedn, Penwith, during a thick fog on the morning of the 14th August. The casualty was reported at about 7 a.m. and without loss of time the Life-boat Ann Newbon proceeded to her assistance. The captain of the steamer refused any help from the Life-boat, but Coxswain Thomas Nicholas considered it inadvisable to leave her. The boat therefore stood by the vessel throughout the day until about 5.30 p.m., when the captain decided to abandon, her. Two of the men jumped into the Life-boat, and some of the crew's belongings were also put aboard; the remainder of the crew then took to the ship's boats, three in number, and the Life-boat towed them to Porthgwarra Cove, where they landed.' - The Life-Boat [906] 2nd February 1914.


The s.s. 'J. Duncan' (1) - A photograph of her on the rocks at Tolpedn, Cornwall, on the 14th August 1913. Credit is given to F. E. Gibson and it is borrowed from Welsh Shipping Forgotten Fleets, a fine source of information by P. M. Heaton. [219]

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