Egremont Castle
 Official Number
76480

The Egremont Castle was an iron barque built in February 1877 by the Whitehaven Ship Building Co.

The Egremont Castle was reported overdue in May 1879, being at the time over 200 days on passage from San Francisco, bound for the UK. She was owned by Mr.Ditchburn of Liverpool.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Egremont Castle
1877
814 
 198
32.1 
19.5 
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. The Egremont Castle was reported "Overdue" in the Times newspaper, Thursday, 8th May, 1879, page 7.
  3. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1879 - names master and owner as W.F.Ditchburn.
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