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Name: PENARTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/04/1883
Completed: 05/1883
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 498
Dimensions: 1648grt, 1067nrt, 258.3 x 36.2 x 17.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (31 & 60 x 39ins), 99nhp; (later: C2cyl (24.5 & 50 x 39ins), 155nhp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87466
History:
09/05/1883 Morel Brothers & Co, Cardiff
1888 Treherbert Steam Ship Co Ltd (Morel Bros & Co), Cardiff
1891 Renamed TREHERBERT
1895 Managers became Morel Ltd, Cardiff
1910 Shamrock Shipping Co Ltd (T Jack), Belfast; renamed DIVIS
1924 Managers became W & AR Lawson
1925 GN Pittas Bros & Co, Chios; renamed DARMAS
22/04/1941 Sank
Comments: 29/07/1914: Requisitioned for service as a Collier
14/11/1919: Returned to owners
22/04/1941: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft in the Gulf of Patras