Name: | BROMLEY |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/08/1904 |
Completed: | 08/1904 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 137 |
Dimensions: | 565grt, 289nrt, 165.3 x 30.0 x 12.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (15.5, 25 & 41 x 27ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118482 |
History: | |
08/1904 | Commercial Gas Co, London |
1926 | Harrison's (London) Colliers Ltd; renamed HARLEY |
1927 | Zeevaart Maatschappij "Scheldestroom" SA (T Nolson, manager), Ghent |
1927 | Renamed SCHELDESOP |
1930 | L Hermans, Antwerp; renamed CHARLES |
1932 | Armement L Hermans SA, Antwerp |
03/02/1940 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 09/01/1930: Aground on the Goodwin Sands. Refloated & repaired |
03/02/1940: Wrecked at Saltwick Nab, Whitby | |
On voyage Tyne to Bruges with cargo of coal |
Postcard by Doran Brothers of Whitby
Record of the wreck and the heroism of the crew and lifeboatmen