Montcalm IDNo 1140349

[Rick R.I.P.]

The Avonmouth Docks are part of the Port of Bristol, in England. They are situated on the northern side of the mouth of the River Avon, opposite the Royal Portbury Dock on the southern side, where the river joins the Severn estuary, within Avonmouth.

CORNISHMAN,1891, 5749grt x Harland & Wolff, Belfast (236) as NOMADIC for Oceanic S.N. Co. (Ismay, Imrie), Liverpool,1903 British & North Atlantic S.N. Co.,1904 renamed CORNISHMAN,1921 Fredrk. Leyland & Co., Liverpool,Broken up at Lelant, Cornwall, arrived 12/3/1926.

MONTCALM,1917, 6608grt x Northumberland Shipbuilding, Howden on Tyne (238) for Canadian Pacific Railway Company,1920 renamed BOLINGBROKE,Laid up at Falmouth 1929-1933,Broken up at Troon, arrived 15/2/1934.

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Rick Cox collection,postcard by Garratt,Bristol.

[Rick R.I.P.]

Montcalm IDNo 1140349

The first dock at Avonmouth, Avonmouth Old Dock, was opened in 1877. It was acquired by the Bristol Corporation in 1884. In 1908, a much larger dock, the Royal Edward Dock, was opened.

MONTCALM 1917, 6608grt x Northumberland Shipbuilding, Howden on Tyne (238) for Canadian Pacific Railway Company,1920 renamed BOLINGBROKE,Laid up at Falmouth 1929-1933,Broken up at Troon, arrived 15/2/1934.

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Rick Cox collection,postcards by Garrat,Bristol.