| Name: | CHARLES but delivered as CROMER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/11/1892 |
| Completed: | 02/1893 |
| Builder: | Anderson, Laverick & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | 8 |
| Dimensions: | 329grt, 159nrt, 131.1 x 22.2 x 11.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 34 x 24ins), 47nhp |
| Engines by: | Hedley & Boyd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99623 |
| History: | |
| 02/1893 | Charles J Briggs, Sunderland |
| 1894 | Sobrinos de Ezquiaga, San Juan, Puerto Rico; renamed VASCO |
| 1903 | Paul van Syckel, San Juan |
| 1904 | New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co, San Juan |
| 1905 | United States & Porto Rico Navigation Co, San Juan |
| 1908 | New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co, Bath, Maine |
| 07/02/1913 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Launched as CHARLES for C Pile & Co, London |
| Although CHARLES & CROMER exist as separate vessels in the yard list there is no evidence that CHARLES existed as a delivered vessel. Also why CHARLES was allocated the later of the two yard numbers is a mystery. | |
| 07/02/1913: Wrecked at Yabucoa, Porto Rico | |
| On a voyage from Humacao to Yabucoa with a cargo of fertiliser |
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 05/11/1892