Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - 'Ellenbank' - and her visit to Penarth Dock in 1885 . . . .

Our apartment was situated on a road named Ritson's Wharf and I became intrigued in its origins. Also, nearby was Ismay Close which commemorates Thomas Henry Ismay [1837-1899] founder of the White Star Line which, after his death, suffered the loss of RMS 'Titanic' in 1912.

Ship 'Ellenbank' - 1,426 tons net register built in 1885 - she was the first iron ship to be constructed at Maryport - from an article within Sea Breezes [290] of June 1927.

It is assumed that iron-work for the 'Ellenbank' was cast at nearby iron-works including, perhaps, the Solway Foundry which held patents such as that granted in 1840 to J. Fell, Shipbuilder, Workington, and W. Pearson of the Solway Foundry, Maryport, for an Improved Method of Fastening the Beams to the Sides of Ships or Other Vessels. . . .