This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location OFF THE SMALLS pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The TANTALLON CASTLE was a steam-driven trawler built in 1897 for the J A Smith Steam Trawling Company Ltd, Hull, by Hawthorns & Co Ltd, Leith. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 184gt; 54nt; 112ft 5in length x 21ft 1in breadth x 11ft 1in height; screw propulsion 3cylinder triple expansion engine powered by a single boiler producing 37 horsepower. At time of loss the trawler was owned by W Jenkins, Milford Haven. It was lost on 11 January 1908, 12 miles off the Smalls, whilst under the command of master C Fears.

Sources include:

Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Goddard, T, 1993, Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks, p.81
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 January - 31 March 1908, p.7 (e)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1905 - 30 June 19066, number 155 in T
The Pembrokeshire Herald, 17 January 1908, p.2

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, March 2008.

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