| Name: | HORSLEY TOWER |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/05/1892 |
| Completed: | 07/1892 |
| Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 60 |
| Dimensions: | 3212grt, 2028nrt, 331.0 x 40.2 x 26.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 38 & 64 x 42ins), 287nhp |
| Engines by: | T Richardson & Sons Ltd, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 101913 |
| History: | |
| 07/1892 | F Stumore & Co, London |
| 02/1893 | T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull; renamed HORATIO |
| 04/1895 | Booth Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 09/1911 | Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith |
| 11/03/1916 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1893: Purchase price £22,250 |
| 1911: Converted to a whale oil factory ship | |
| 13/11/1911: Serious fire discovered while in the Channel | |
| Put into Southampton to have fire extinguished by tugs | |
| 11/03/1916: Caught fire at Leith Harbour in South Georgia | |
| after loading a cargo of whale oil for the UK | |
| She was towed out of the harbour, still ablaze & sank in deeper water |
Above photo as HORATIO is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HORATIO is copyright of the State Library of Western Australia
The Scotsman, Tuesday, 14/11/1911