Bronlan (1942)

BRONLAN (1910-1942)
Official number: 125034 (B16)
Where built: Fremantle
Year built: 1910
Registered: Fremantle
Rig Type: Ketch
Hull: Wood
Length: 40.25 feet (12.3 m)
Breadth: 12.83 feet (3.9 m)
Depth: 4.7 feet (1.4 m)
Tonnage: Initial: 11.9, After rebuild: 17.78 gross, 13.22 net
Port from: Broome
Port to: Fremantle
Date lost: 28 June 1942
Location: North of Jurien Bay
Chart Number: Aus 333 & BA 1033
Significance criteria: 1
THE VESSEL
The Bronlan was built at Fremantle by Alfred Edmund Brown, and registered as number 1 of 1911. The first owner was the Oriental Pearling Company. It was later owned by Thomas Hughes Owen of Broome. In 1937 it was rebuilt, an engine installed and re-registered as number 3 of 1937. On the death of Thomas Hughes Owen in December 1937, ownership passed to Thomas Tudor Hughes Owen of Derby. It seems probable that Thomas Hughes Owen mortgaged the vessel to Herbert Kennedy and later to A.C. Gregory, these mortgages being discharged at the time of his death.