SS Cushag

SS Cushag approaching Peel.
Career
Name:

1908: Ardnagrena

Cushag
Owner:

1908-1914: James Waterson & Co., Antrim
1914-1919: Humber Steam Containers Ltd.
1919-1920: Owned by a London Broker
1920-1943: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

1943-1957: London Shipping Agents
Operator:

1908–1914: James Waterson & Co.
1914-1919: Humber Steam Containers Ltd.
1919-1920: Unrecorded London Ship Broker
1920-1943: Isle of Man Steam Packet Co.

1943-1957: London Shipping Agents
Port of registry: 1920-1943: Douglas, Isle of Man
Route: Various.
Builder: G. Brown & Company Greenock
Laid down: Not Recorded.
Launched: Not Recorded.
Completed: 1908
Acquired: 1920: Purchased by IoMSPCo. for £22,000 (£771,034 in 2015).[1]
In service: 1908
Out of service: 1957
Identification: Official Number 124673
Fate: 1957: Scrapped at Grangemouth
Status: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type:Coastal Cargo Vessel
Tonnage:223 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:125 ft 0 in (38.1 m)
Beam:22 ft 1 in (6.7 m)
Depth:9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Installed power:350 ihp (260 kW)
Speed:10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew:Not Recorded.

SS Cushag was a coastal cargo vessel owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1920 and 1943.

Dimensions

Cushag was a steel; single-screw vessel which had a registered tonnage of 223 GRT. Length 125'; beam 22'1"; depth 9'2". Cushag had a single steam reciprocating engine which developed 350 i.h.p.; and a design speed of 10 knots.

Service Life

Cushag pictured berthed at Peel.

Built by G. Brown & Co. at Greenock in 1908, she was originally named Ardnagrena. Her first owners were James Waterson & Co. of Antrim, who sold her to Humber Steam Coasters Ltd in 1914. Five years later she was sold once more, this time to a London broker, from whom she was purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in May 1920, at a cost of £22,000 (£771,034 in 2015)[1].

Small and drawing so little water, she was mostly used for cargo trade in the Island's smaller ports - Port St Mary, Peel, Laxey and Castletown.

After over 20 years service with the Company, she was sold to London agents in January 1943, and then went on to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis for four years. She transferred to Kirkwall in Orkney in 1947.

Disposal

Cushag‍‍ '​‍s register ceases on 20 July 1957, when she was broken up at Grangemouth.

Gallery

Cushag.
Cushag pictured at the Office Berth, Douglas. 


References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2014), "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
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