Port of Cardiff.
Pilot's Report Inwards to the Clerk and Collector. |
| No. |
December 13th 1869 |
| Ship's Name |
Merthyr |
| Of what Port |
London |
| Captain's Name |
Williams |
| Register Tonnage |
511 |
| Where from |
St. Nazaire |
| Where boarded |
Roads |
| Name of Dock |
Penarth |
| Draught of Water IN |
|
Feet |
|
In. |
| Description of Cargo |
|
| . . . ditto . . . Ballast |
|
| Extra Days |
|
| Extra Tides |
|
| Name of Consignee or Broker |
Bwllfa Colliery Company |
| Signature of Captain |
V.? Williams |
| Ditto of Pilot |
B. Morgans |
| No. |
29 |
Mr. Benjamin Morgan, Cardiff Channel Pilot No. 29, lived at 36 Stuart Street, Bute Town, according to local business directories of 1865 and 1871. [621] [622] [623] Presumably, 'Draught of water' is not noted since the vessel was unladen, without ballast, ready to be loaded with coal in the Penarth Dock. I wonder why Benjamin signed his name 'Morgans'? Maybe it was because there was another Benjamin Morgan, also a Cardiff based channel pilot who lived at 7 Penarth Terrace. Then there were two pilots both named William Morgan who lived respectively at 44 and 48 George Street!
The document image is borrowed from John Hutton's fine 'History of Cardiff Docks' - Volume 2 - and is credited to the L. D. Bryant collection. [475]
