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S.S. BANKVILLE, glass negative
Starboard broadside view of S.S. BANKVILLE, c.1936.
The steam coaster Bankville, built at Troon in 1904, was owned by the well-known Liverpool coaster owners, John S. Monks & Co. Ltd. This 339 gross ton vessel provides an excellent illustration of the most basic type of British-built steam coaster, with her mast and derrick serving one large hatch, engines postioned aft, and an open bridge. Many of these little coasters had remarkably long careers and the Bankville plied the coasts of Britain for over fifty years before she was cut up at Dublin in 1957.
Source: Shipping at Cardiff: Photographs from the Hansen Collection 1920-1975 by David Jenkins, 1993.
Built 1904 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., (with engines by Ross & Duncan of Glasgow) as ss WILLIAM ROWLAND for William Rowland of Liverpool. Owned from 1907 by Alfred Rowland, Liverpool. Sold in 1911 to James Henry Monks (Preston) Ltd., and renamed SUSETTA in 1913. Acquired in 1924 by John S.Monks Ltd, Liverpool, and renamed BANKVILLE by them in 1934. Broken up at Hammond Lane Foundry, Dublin in May 1957.