Eskdale
 Official Number
69238

The Eskdale was a full-rigged iron ship built in February 1873 by the Whitehaven Ship Building Co. She was owned by J.D.Newton & Co.( the Dale Line ) from her launch until her sale to Whitehaven's Edgar Lowden & Co. in the 1890's. In 1904 the Eskdale was sold to Norwegian owners and was renamed Eline. On the 30th January 1912  the vessel was wrecked at Skjelanger, bound from Blyth for Trondheim with a coal cargo. Eleven of the crew were drowned, and four others survived.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Eskdale
1873
1285 
225.5 
36.2 
22.1 
3 
 
 
100A1 (SS) 

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1877 (names master as J.C. Flinn).
  2. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1895 - names master as Capt.J.Howatson, owner as W.Lowden & Co., registered at Liverpool, still described as ship-rigged.
  3. Norsk Skipsfartshistorisk Selskap (Norwegian Shipping History Society)
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