| Name: | ESLINGTON | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 18/10/1876 | 
| Completed: | 1876 | 
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co | 
| Yard: | Wallsend | 
| Yard Number: | 66 | 
| Dimensions: | 1089grt, 697nrt, 224.0 x 30.2 x 18.4ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 53 x 36ins), 120hp | 
| Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 72536 | 
| History: | |
| 1876 | John H Wilson, Cardiff | 
| 1882 | Stuart SS Co Ltd, Cardiff | 
| 1887 | John H Wilson, Cardiff | 
| 1888 | R Staunton & Co, Cardiff | 
| 1888 | W Runciman & Co, South Shields | 
| 1897 | North Moor Steamships Ltd (W Runciman & Co) | 
| 1898 | Guthrie, Heywood & Co, Cardiff | 
| 1899 | Cornelia SS Co Ltd (Guthrie, Heywood & Co), Cardiff | 
| 1899 | J Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle | 
| 11/1903 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 11/1903: Sailed from Methil for Rendsburg with a cargo of coal. | 
| Subsequently posted missing, ship’s boat washed ashore at Neuwerk. | 

Western Mail, Friday, October 20, 1876