Name: | LLANDAFF |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/05/1865 |
Completed: | 06/1865 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 3 |
Dimensions: | 411grt, 311nrt, 152.6 x 24.3 x 14.5ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (32 & 32 x 24ins), 65hp |
Engines by: | R Morrison & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 51359 |
History: | |
26/06/1865 | Charles Albert Schlesinger & Frederick Blake Davis, Newcastle |
10/07/1865 | George Clements Hassell, John Bernard George Cooke & Martin Schlesinger, Newcastle |
10/07/1865 | Alexander Dalziel, William George Noble, John Fry, Charles Ellal Stallybrass and |
Henry Vellacott & John Heron Wilson, Cardiff | |
by 1870 | Henry Vellacott, Cardiff |
by 1876 | Thomas Baker, Cardiff |
by 1890 | John T Short, Cardiff |
1899 | Charles M Morgan, Cardiff |
1899 | Condemned |
Comments: | 20/04/1899: Ran ashore at Milbay near Land's End |
09/05/1899: Re-floated & taken to Penzance | |
02/10/1899: Ran ashore near mouth of Bude Harbour | |
On a voyage from St Malo to Swansea in ballast | |
05/10/1899: Re-floated without the use of tugs | |
06/10/1899: Towed into Bude Harbour for temporary repairs | |
09/10/1899: Towed to Cardiff by WHITE ROSE for damage assessment | |
Subsequently condemned & broken up |
Above: Ashore at Milbay. Photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Above: Ashore at Milbay. Photo is copyright of Cornwall Council
Above: Ashore near Bude. Photo is courtesy of David Thorn
Above: Ashore near Bude. Photo is courtesy of David Thorn
Above: Ashore near Bude. Photo is courtesy of David Thorn
Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Monday, 29/05/1865
Royal Cornwall Gazette, Thursday, 04/05/1899
The Cornish Telegraph, Thursday, 05/10/1899