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BENEATH THE WAVES In my earlier days I lived in
Penarth. Climbing Cliffs to avoid the
forty-foot tides was a common experience, and often the only way home.
Penarth is situated alongside the Severn Estuary which flows into the Bristol
Channel from where Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ‘The Great Western’
embarked from Bristol on her maiden voyage to New York, April 8th 1838. In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and
the British Antarctic Expedition departed from Penarth Dock in Cardiff Bay in
the SS Terra Nova. Within these pages are described early mariners,
their voyages and the perils of Oceanic travel. Included are safety tips and
examples of accidents and case histories of precarious situations that could
have been avoided. It is recommended this book be kept aboard vessels to
avoid maritime mishaps. “The night was dark and dreary, |
