Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - even more aspects - Articles from the Great Western Railway Magazine - 1922 - 1948 . . . .

The following was published within the February 1926 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

After completing 45 years’ service, Mr. F. W. Hopkins, locomotive and hydraulic superintendent, Penarth Dock, has retired. At a gathering of the staff at the locomotive steam sheds on January 10, he was presented with a loud speaker, a driving mirror for his motor-car, and a cake stand, subscribed for by the locomotive men at Penarth Dock. The presentation was made by Mr. G. Merrett. Mr. Walter Wheeler presided.

The following was published within the March 1926 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Docks Department - Contracts — Contracts have been let to the Penarth Pontoon Slipway & Ship Repairing Company, Ltd., Penarth Dock, for the overhaul of the dredger Duchess and tug Swansea.

Another Record at Penarth.—The s.s. Sainte Adresse, the vessel belonging to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique which created a record for the port by taking six cargoes of coal from Penarth for Le Havre during one month last year, has made another record at the same port. The vessel, which sailed from Penarth Dock on February 1 with a full cargo of coal, arrived back from Le Havre at 1.40 p.m. on the 5th, commenced loading under the four basin tips at 2.30 p.m., completed loading at 9.15 p.m., and sailed at 11.15 p.m. the same day.

During this period 3,913 tons of cargo and bunkers were shipped, the net loading time being only 6 hours 15 minutes, whilst the total time in dock amounted to 9 hours 35 minutes. This achievement constitutes a new record on this steamer both in the net loading time and the length of time the vessel was in dock.