Elderslie

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.

Both of the above pictures show her berthed in Oamaru in New Zealand South Island

Elderslie - Art Gallery

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Elderslie

1884

1897 Sold to Talbot SS Co

2761

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

89929

Palmer’s Shipbuilding

Jarrow

Palmer’s Shipbuilding

Jarrow

Steam 2 Cyl

305 NHP

1

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