| Name: | HORNBY GRANGE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/12/1889 |
| Completed: | 27/02/1890 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 238 |
| Dimensions: | 2473grt, 1593nrt, 3373dwt, 300.0 x 40.3 x 19.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 400nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 98048 |
| History: | |
| 27/02/1890 | Houlder Brothers & Co, London |
| 1900 | Houlder Line Ltd, London |
| 1919 | Primo Redo Forner, Valencia; renamed AUSTINA FORNER |
| 1927 | H Salas y Salas, Valencia |
| 1927 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Contract Price £36724, Profit £2423-13s-5d |
| Fitted with 6 x insulated chambers of 700,000 cubic feet capacity | |
| 1st steamer to be owned by Houlder Brothers | |
| 09/03/1890: Maiden voyage from London to Montevideo & Buenos Aires | |
| 1896: Took a consignment of sheep from the Falkland Islands to London. The sheep had been killed on shore and the carcases ferried to the ship in her lifeboats. The ship was used as a factory for freezing the meat before the voyage home | |
| 1906: Chartered by the Russo-Chinese Bank to act as a storeship off Vladivostok | |
| 07/07/1918: Attacked by U-Boat in English Channel, torpedo missed. | |
| 1925: Laid up in Valencia | |
| 3Q/1927: Broken up at Barcelona |
Above photo as HORNBY GRANGE is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo as HORNBY GRANGE is copyright of John Clarkson