SS Charlaw lost 5-8-1905

Iron SS; 64.8 x 8.8 x 5m; 890gt; reg London.
Built 1871 R Thompson jr Sunderland; 2 cyl comp; screw; 90 hp; 1 boiler; engine Black & Hawthorn Gateshead.
Owned W Stone & Coombs, Llanelly;
Chantenay-Mostyn; cargo: pyrites. wind NW 5
16 crew 2 passengers; Captain R Edwards.
Approx. position 53°19.5N, 3°16.9W

Report from Chester Courant 9 Aug 1905:

WRECK ON THE DEE. While endeavouring to run into Mostyn docks on Saturday the steamer Charlow[sic], of Swansea, ran aground. The captain and men stood by the vessel until Monday, when the crew left for their homes at Swansea, men being left in charge of what remains. The vessel is a total wreck, and a menace to the navigation of the Mostyn channel.

Her registration was cancelled after accident.

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