| Name: | CONSUELO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/02/1900 |
| Completed: | 06/1900 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 251 |
| Dimensions: | 6025grt, 3960nrt, 461.5 x 52.1 x 31.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (22, 37 & 64 x 42ins), 783nhp |
| Engines by: | T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110797 |
| History: | |
| 15/06/1900 | T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull |
| 1908 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Noble & Co), Newcastle |
| 1908 | Renamed CAIRNRONA |
| 1911 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed ALBANIA |
| 1912 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co), Glasgow; renamed POLERIC |
| 03/1929 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1908: Accommodation fitted for 50 x 1st and 800 x 3rd class passengers |
| 1910: Charlie Chaplin made his first crossing to the USA on CAIRNRONA | |
| 1911: Accommodation amended to 50 x 2nd and 800 x 3rd class passengers | |
| 06/03/1929: Arrived at Osaka for breaking up |
Above photo as CONSUELO is courtesy of Andrew Mizon
Above photo as ALBANIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as POLERIC is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday 15th June 1900