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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