| Name: | CHARCAS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/09/1906 |
| Completed: | 11/1906 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 782 |
| Dimensions: | 5067grt, 3254nrt, 402.0 x 52.3 x 20.1ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (24.5, 35, 51 & 74 x 51ins), 539nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 123741 |
| History: | |
| 1906 | New York & Pacific Steamship Co Ltd, London |
| 05/12/1914 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/12/1914: Captured & scuttled by SMS PRINZ EITZEL FRIEDRICH |
| when 70 miles S by W from Valparaiso on a voyage from west coast | |
| South America to New York with a cargo of nitrate and soda |
Above photo shows CHARCAS being scuttled