| Name: | PERTHSHIRE |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/08/1893 |
| Completed: | 11/1893 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 315 |
| Dimensions: | 5865grt, 3751nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 477nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 102638 |
| History: | |
| 11/1893 | Elderslie Steamship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co, managers), London |
| 28/10/1914 | Admiralty |
| 03/1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 26/04/1899: Sailed from Sydney for Bluff, New Zealand |
| 28/04/1899: Broke her tailshaft 391 miles from Sydney & drifted for 42 days | |
| Temporary repairs were made & speed of 4 knots was achieved | |
| Evenually towed back to Sydney by TALUNE | |
| 28/10/1914: Converted to dummy battleship VANGUARD | |
| 1915: Used as a water carrier | |
| 1919: Used as an oiler | |
| 1921: Used as a store carrier, based at Malta | |
| 03/1934: Broken up at La Spezia by Soc Anon Cantieri di Portovenere |
Above PERTHSHIRE arriving at Trieste 23/07/1926. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above PERTHSHIRE at Malta. Photo is courtesy of Richard Cox