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Name: KIELDER CASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/08/1868
Completed: 10/1868
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 13
Dimensions: 921grt, 583nrt, 222.0 x 28.6 x 17.6ft; (1875: 1010grt, 642nrt, 249.8 x 28.6 x 18.8ft)
Engines: 2cyl (40 & 40 x 33ins), 100hp; (1875: C2cyl (30 & 50 x 33ins), 95hp)
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland;
(1875: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60502
History:
15/10/1868 Northumberland Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1881 Unknown owner, Chile; renamed PISAGUA
15/08/1882 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the trade to the Mediterranean & Black Sea
Accommodation for a few 1st Class passengers
1875: Lengthened and engine compounded
15/08/1882: Wrecked at Huanchaco, Peru


Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 05/08/1868