| Name: | PENARTH DOCK |
| Type: | Floating Dry Dock |
| Launched: | 02/09/1909 |
| Completed: | 1909 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 845 |
| Dimensions: | 382.0 x 75.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1909 | Penarth Ship Building & Ship Repairing Co Ltd |
| 09/08/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Lifting capacity 4200tons |
| Could accommodate vessels of 55.0ft beam & 18.0ft draft | |
| 09/08/1962: Sold to Pounds Shipbreakers at Portsmouth for breaking up |
Above photos, before & after launching at Wallsend, copyright The Engineer, 24th September, 1909
Profile & Decks plans copyright of The Engineer. Click HERE to enlarge
End Elevation of the Floating Dock copyright of The Engineer, 24th September, 1909
Above description courtesy of RA Fletcher
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 02/09/1909