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Breynton - Trial

TRIAL TRIP OF THE s. s. BREYNTON.

(Northern) Daily Mail, Sept 11/09

On Saturday, the 9th inst, the handsome steel screw steamer Breynton, built by Messrs. William Gray and Co., Ltd., to the order of Messrs. Ralph E. Morel and Co., Cardiff, was taken to sea for her trial trip. The vessel takes Lloyd’s highest class, and is of the following dimensions: Length over all, 376ft. 6 in.; breadth, 50ft.9in,; and depth, 28ft. 41/2in.,
 
Triple-expansion engines have been supplied by the Central Marine Engineering Works of the builders, having cylinders 26in., 42in., and 70in. Diameter, with a piston stroke of 45in., and three large steel boilers for a working pressure of 180lbs. per square inch.

Mr. Ralph E. Morel, managing owner, was on board, together with Mr. Chas. E. Kendal, the superintendant engineer. Captain J. E. Murrell represented the shipbuilders, and Mr. Maurice S. Gibb the engine builders. On the trial a good average speed was maintained, everything working satisfactorily.

The vessel afterwards proceeded on her voyage to Barry.






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