Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Built with Pride at the Penarth Shipbuilding Company - s.s. 'Aira Force' - 1890 . . .

1902 - s.s. 'Aira Force' - A copy letter drafted by Alan Bright, Justice of the Peace at Liverpool on the 28th January 1902 signed and declared by Grayson Laidlaw and stamped at the Whitehaven Customs Office the following day stating : -

'I Grayson Laidlaw of Irish Street Whitehaven Master of Steamer Aira Force of Whitehaven Official Number 94036 do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have lost the Certificate of Registry of the said steamer. I missed it between Ardrossan and Bristol and that I have made every endeavour to find same without success.

If I find it I promise to return it to the Registrar of Shipping Whitehaven. And I make this solemn declaration the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declaration Act 1835.

Signed and Declared by the above named Grayson Laidlaw at Liverpool this 28thDay of January 1902 in the presence of Alan Bright, Justice of the Peace for the City of Liverpool.'

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1902 - s.s. 'Aira Force' - A letter also dated 28th January 1902 requesting a new Registry Certificate enclosing a Postal Order for 1/- (5p) to cover cost of same.

The letterhead is of interest since at this date Mr Kennaugh now had a fleet of four steamers and two sailing ships. - [Cumbria Archive Reference - 19020128-YTSR_2_1_2_4_1r] [927]