Nash House, E14
Children play near Millwall Docks, in the shadow of the bowsprit of the schooner ‘Penang’.

The S.V. Penang was a 997-ton three-masted steel barque built in 1905 in Bremerhaven, Germany, and was originally named the ‘Albert Rickmers’.

In 1910 it was sold, renamed ‘Penang’ and used in the South American nitrate trade. After a few more changes of ownership, after 1923 it started to be used in the Australian wheat trade. This made the ship a frequent visitor to Millwall Docks

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Nash House is a block on Cassilis Road.



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