| Name: | AYRSHIRE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/08/1903 |
| Completed: | 11/1903 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 389 |
| Dimensions: | 7327grt, 4706nrt, 460.0 x 58.8 x 31.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (25, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 893nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 119066 |
| History: | |
| 10/11/1903 | Elderslie Steamship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co), Glasgow |
| 1910 | The Scottish Shire Line Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co), Glasgow |
| 02/12/1926 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/11/1926: Abandoned after fire broke out 250 miles SW of Cochin, India |
| On a voyage from Brisbane to UK with tallow, frozen meat & general cargo | |
| 02/12/1926: Sank 200 miles west of Cochin at 09.12N – 73.28E |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 27/08/1903