| Name: | KNUTSFORD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/09/1888 |
| Completed: | 09/1888 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 133 |
| Dimensions: | 2128grt, 1350nrt, 279.5 x 37.5 x 19.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 226nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 95465 |
| History: | |
| 09/1888 | Knutsford Steam Ship Co Ltd (Carlisle & Co), London |
| 1898 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Young & Noble), Newcastle |
| 1898 | Renamed CAIRNESK |
| 27/08/1899 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/07/1899: Stranded at Snipan, Northern Quarker |
| On a voyage from Holmsund to Oscarshamn in ballast | |
| Subsequently refloated | |
| 27/08/1899: Sank north of Finngrundet while proceeding to port for repairs. |