City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

Ref.

U370/C/027

Date:

5 Dec 1934

Title:

Tonnage Dues on MV Innisfallen

Level: file Extent: 13pp Scope and Content:

Bound typescript notes, Port of Cork, Harbour Board Discussion re Tonnage Dues on MV Innisfallen (Transcript of notes). Meeting held on 5 Dec 1934. The Company applies for continuation of the compounding arrangement for tonnage dues in operation since the vessel entered the port in 1930, and which expires in 1935. Following lengthy discussion, the application was rejected.

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U370/C/028

Date:

1935 - 1936 (1939)

Title:

Purchase of Inniscarra by Wexford Steamships Co, Wexford

Level: file Extent: [c20 items] Scope and Content:

The Wexford company made enquiries in April 1935 regarding a livestock steamer suitable for the Rosslare-Birkenhead trade. A memorandum of agreement was issued 18 June, agreeing to sale for the sum of £5000, and the transfer took place around 10 July. The vessel was renamed the Manipia.

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U370/C/029

Date:

26 Mar – 19 Apr 1930

Title:

Refunds by War Risks Associations for Steamers Lost

Level: file Extent: 13 items Scope and Content:

The file contains notices from the Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association stating that refunds under the War Risks Associations (Distribution of Reserve Funds) Act 1927 will be made on 16 Apr 1930. There are notices present respecting the vessels Ardmore, Inniscarra, Innisfallen, Kenmare, Glengariff, Bandon and Pylades. The file also contains related correspondence.

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U370/C/030

Date:

8 Feb 1940 – 17 Sep 1941

Title:

Ships Lost Through Enemy Action ‘Munster’, ‘Meath’, ‘Innisfallen’, 1940

Level: file Extent: [c30 items] Scope and Content:

The Munster, a mail ship, sunk in the North Sea in February 1940 with no loss of life. The Meath was lost in August 1940 with no loss of life. The Innisfallen was lost on 23 Dec 1940, with the loss of the lives of eight crew members. The file contains letters, reports, and news cuttings regarding these events and subsequent actions. Dated 24 Dec 1940 is an unsigned letter [from a leading Coast Lines officer] to RB Sinnot, general manager, B & I, Dublin, expressing his regret regarding the Innisfallen, stating ‘At Fishguard she was looked upon as the finest vessel ever operating the services’. The lates t

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