Lancaster Castle
 Official Number
91170

The Lancaster Castle was one of five large vessels built at the Williamson shipyard at Workington for the Lancaster Shipowners Company (the others were Lowther Castle, Greystoke Castle, Wray Castle and Pendragon Castle). The Lancaster Castle was the first, an iron four-master of 2095 tons, launched in October 1884.

The Lancaster Castle was bought by owners in Germany in 1901, being renamed Margaretha. She was employed in the nitrate trade to Chile, and was lost in 1909 when returning from Iquique to Hamburg. She was sunk in the North Seas by collision with the steamer Mascot.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Lancaster Castle
1884
2095 
 278.8
 40.4
24.2 
 4
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Ships of West Cumberland" by Desmond G.Sythes (first published 1969, republished by The Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1992) - information from Sheila Cartwright.
  2. Capt. Scarboro named as master, owner as Lancaster Castle Ship Co.Ltd. in " Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1890 ".
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