Elderslie

Elderslie - Art Gallery

Master	From	To
Hewat	1884	1887
C K Miller	1887	1888
Cuthbert	1888	1892
Olsen	1892	1893
D C Duncan	1893	1897

Career Summary

The SS Elderslie was named after a North Otago sheep station

She was custom-built in Jarrow for the frozen meat trade from New Zealand to the UK, the first steamer specifically built to carry refrigerated meat to the UK.

The picture shows her berthed in Oamaru in New Zealand South Island

1897 Sold to Talbot SS Co

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

Elderslie

1884

2761

89929

Palmer’s Shipbuilding

Jarrow

Palmer’s Shipbuilding

Jarrow

Compound Steam

305 NHP

Elderslie

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