Wray Castle
 Official Number
93850

The Wray Castle was one of five large vessels built at the Williamson shipyard at Workington for the Lancaster Shipowners Company (the others were Greystoke Castle, Lancaster Castle, Lowther Castle and Pendragon Castle). The Wray Castle was the fourth, an iron four-master launched in March 1889.

The Wray Castle was owned by R.Thomas of Liverpool from 1915 to 1917, and then was sold.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Wray Castle
1889
 1937
 
 
 
 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. Gwynedd Maritime Database - Fleet of R.Thomas & Co. of  Criccieth and Liverpool
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