| Name: | RUTHERGLEN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 17/11/1888 |
| Completed: | 01/1889 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 603 |
| Dimensions: | 2462grt, 1618nrt, 312.0 x 40.1 x 24.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 241nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 93836 |
| History: | |
| 21/01/1889 | Caledonia Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1894 | Steamship Rutherglen Co Ltd (Maclay & McIntyre), Glasgow |
| 09/11/1897 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/11/1897: Sank 300 miles west of Fastnet after cargo shifted |
| On a voyage from New York to Plymouth with a cargo of oats, wheat & maize |
Extract from the Board of Trade Inquiry, 22/01/1898