| Name: | ALNWICK CASTLE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/12/1869 |
| Completed: | 02/1870 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 203 |
| Dimensions: | 1552grt, 981nrt, 245.2 x 33.7 x 25.0ft; (1878: 1828grt, 1180nrt, 245.2 x 33.7 x 25.0ft) |
| Engines: | C4cyl (24,24, 41 & 41 x 30ins), 130hp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 60539 |
| History: | |
| 07/02/1870 | Northumberland Steam Shipping Co Ltd, North Shields |
| 1881 | Laws, Surtees & Co, North Shields |
| 1884 | Alnwick Steamship Co Ltd (Laws, Surtees & Co), North Shields |
| 1887 | Corfield & Robson, London; renamed CANTON |
| 1892 | WR Corfield & Co, London |
| 18/10/1894 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1878: Lengthened to 280.0ft |
| 18/10/1894: Wrecked on Lambert Island in the Straits of Magellan | |
| On a voyage from Maryport to Corral with a cargo of steel rails |
Shields Gazette, Monday, 06/12/1869