| Name: | BARDEN TOWER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/01/1881 |
| Completed: | 03/1881 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 127 |
| Dimensions: | 2252grt, 1470nrt, 3060dwt, 290.5 x 37.2 x 27.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.6knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84081 |
| History: | |
| 03/1881 | Stumore, Weston & Co, London |
| 09/1881 | Cie Maritime du Pacifique, Le Havre; renamed OCEANIQUE |
| 1882 | Stumore, Weston & Co, Liverpool; renamed BARDEN TOWER |
| 1882 | George Bell & Co, Liverpool |
| 1884 | F Stumore & Co, London |
| 1891 | Whimster & Watson, Glasgow |
| 1893 | Burrell & Sons, Glasgow |
| 1900 | P Del Buono, Porto-ferraio; renamed ALESSANDRO DEL BUONO |
| 1903 | Soc Italiana di Nav, Genoa; renamed MARTE |
| 18/06/1904 | Sank |
| Comments: | Contract price £32500; Loss £203-7s-6d |
| 14/02/1887: Whilst on passage from Havre to Middlesbrough, with a cargo of maize, was in a collision with and sank the schooner R & M I CHARNLEY off Spurn Head | |
| 18/06/1904: Foundered off Finisterre whilst on a voyage from Ergasteria to Antwerp |
The Marine Engineer, February 1881