Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Missions to Seamen at Penarth . . .

1914 - s.s. 'Eirene' sunk during collision. According to the Missions to Seamen Bristol minutes the s.s. 'Eirene' was taken over by the Admiralty for patrol work during September 1914 and in October that same year was sunk when in collision in fog in the Bristol Channel with a Norwegian vessel laden with timber. There was no loss of life. In February 1918 the War Office offered £3,378 in compensation for her loss which was accepted by the Mission. Admiral Tupper is recorded in the Minutes as 'negotiating with Admiralty re boat to replace Eirene.' [1389]

The newspaper article illustration refers to the first sailing vessel named 'Eirene' and was published within the Bristol Evening Post. [1390]

1916 - A CHANNEL COLLISION - Sir Samuel Evans, in the Admiralty Division on Thursday, gave judgment in the claim for damages brought by the owners of the small steamship Eirene, 67 tons gross, against the owners of the. s.s. Fancy. 1,612 tons gross, and of the Tonberg, Norway. The vessels collided on October 9, 1915, off the Welsh Hook in the Bristol Channel, and the Eirene which was on examination duty for the Admiralty, was sunk, but no lives were lost. In September last the Fancy, whilst bound for Sharpness, was sunk in the White Sea by a German submarine. The court held both vessels at fault, and apportioned blame-three parts to the Fancy and one quarter to the Eirene. - The Cambria Daily Leader. [1313] [361] 24th November 1916.