| Name: | CARLTON TOWER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/08/1881 |
| Completed: | 09/1881 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 131 |
| Dimensions: | 2206grt,1463nrt, 3110dwt, 290.0 x 37.1 x 27.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 69 x 48ins), 275nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 85054 |
| History: | |
| 09/1881 | Stumore, Weston & Co, London |
| 1889 | Schiaffino & Solari, Genoa; renamed SOLFERINO |
| 1890 | Dugi di Genoa, Genoa |
| 1891 | Banca di Genova, Genoa |
| 1894 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
| 1XXX | Soc Anon Nazionale di Servizi Marittima |
| 1913 | Soc Marrittime Italiana, Palermo |
| 05/1914 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Originally laid down “on spec”, but taken over by Wm Milburn & Co |
| who in turn sold her to Stumore, Weston & Co, for whom she was launched | |
| On delivery she was chartered to Union Royal Mail taking 180 passengers to South Africa. | |
| Contract price £33000, Profit £5500-17s-6d | |
| 03/06/1885: Grounded at Obokh when driven from her berth by a sudden cyclone. |