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 2155 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
2155 
 278.8
 40.4
24.2 
 4
 
 
100 years A1, Speial Survey 

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. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1887-8: Lancaster Castle, iron ship, 2155 grt, 2095 nrt, built by R.Williamson & Son at Workington in October 1884, official number 91170, signal letters JRLS, owned by J.Chambers & Co., registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Thorpe.