| Name: | CARMARTHENSHIRE |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/01/1887 |
| Completed: | 03/1887 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 100 |
| Dimensions: | 2726grt, 1878nrt, 329.5 x 40.0 x 25.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 357nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 91991 |
| History: | |
| 07/03/1887 | Jenkins & Co, London |
| 1896 | Jenkins & Co Ltd, London |
| 07/1901 | Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co Ltd (G Christall), London; renamed MARACAS |
| 10/1914 | James F Butler, New York |
| 1914 | New York Transatlantic Steamship Corporation, New York |
| 1915 | A/S Solgran (A Meling Jr), Stavanger; renamed MAJOREN |
| 03/09/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class & 6 x 2nd Class passengers |
| 22/02/1915: Seized by British forces | |
| On a voyage from New York to Rotterdam and Copenhagen | |
| 18/03/1915: Arrived at Hull from Kirkwall | |
| 09/11/1915: Sold as a war prize | |
| 03/09/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U95, 25 miles WNW of Bloody Foreland | |
| On a voyage from Philadelphia to Glasgow with a cargo of lubricating oil |
Above image is copyright of Museum Wales
Jarrow Express, Friday, 28/01/1887
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 09/03/1887