The s.s. 'Cumbal' was a steel hulled, single screw, general cargo steamer, built at the yard of the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company Limited at Howdon-upon-Tyne and launched during February 1900. She was built for the New York & Pacific Steamship Company Limited of London. she was of 4,259 gross and 2,781 net register tons being 360.0 ft. long x 48.0 ft. breath x 20.3 ft. depth.

During 1910 she was renamed s.s. 'Chimu' and later in 1919 came under the ownership of the Northern & Mediterranean Lines Limited also of London.

On the 17th August 1919 she was wrecked off Brisons, Cape Cornwall (c.4 miles north of Land's End) and later beached at Pendeen Cove whilst on a voyage from Penarth to Venice with a cargo of coal. [102]

A year after the Great War on 17th August 1919 the 4,259 ton London steamer Chimu, en route from Penarth to Venice with a cargo of coal, struck the Brisons in thick fog. She tried to make for the safety of St Ives but was swamped by the time she reached Pendeen and was beached where she quickly became a total wreck. [919] April 2012.