| Name: | MORAYSHIRE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/12/1889 |
| Completed: | 02/1890 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 293 |
| Dimensions: | 3822grt, 2481nrt, 350.5 x 47.7 x 24.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 407nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 97607 |
| History: | |
| 22/02/1890 | Elderslie Steamship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co), Glasgow |
| 1898 | Duke of Portland Steamship Co Ltd (JB Westray & Co), Glasgow |
| 1898 | Renamed DUKE OF PORTLAND |
| 1905 | Nelson Line (Liverpool) Ltd (H & W Nelson), London; renamed HIGHLAND FLING |
| 07/01/1907 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for an unspecified number of passengers |
| 01/01/1907: Sailed from London to Buenos Aires with a cargo of cement | |
| Called in at Falmouth to investigate a leak. Diver found a cracked plate | |
| 07/01/1907: Sailed from Falmouth for Cardiff to be drydocked and repaired | |
| 07/01/1907: Wrecked in Kennack Bay, near Gadgwith, Cornwall | |
| Most of the cargo was discharged into lighters, but still could not tow her off | |
| Aft part of vessel detatched using dynamite & taken to Falmouth for breaking up |
Above photo as HIGHLAND FLING is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as HIGHLAND FLING is courtesy of Charles Weaver
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 10/12/1889