| Name: | CASTLECRAG |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/09/1883 |
| Completed: | 20/10/1883 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 159 |
| Dimensions: | 2428grt, 1595nrt, 3400dwt, 301.0 x 37.2 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins) |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.7knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 87904 |
| History: | |
| 20/10/1883 | Thomlinson,Thomson & Co, Liverpool |
| 14/12/1883 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Contract price £40000, Profit £4744-6s-2d |
| 14/12/1883: On the return leg of her maiden voyage, was steaming east bound at night, up the English Channel with a cargo of Russian grain, oil cake and feathers. | |
| The ship’s master lost his bearings when they steamed into a dense fog bank, and consequently drove onto the Brook Ledges on the Isle of Wight. | |
| With difficulty the local RNLI lifeboat brought all 31 crew ashore. | |
| Subsequently the owners ordered a replacement from the same yard, and | |
| “Castlecrag” (2) was built as yard No165 entering service in March 1884 |