| Name: | WHARFINGER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/04/1892 |
| Completed: | 05/1892 |
| Builder: | Anderson & Laverick |
| Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | 4 |
| Dimensions: | 119grt, 68nrt, 80.2 x 19.7 x 8.5ft; (1898: 145grt, 57nrt, 90.4 x 19.7 x 8.5ft) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (13 & 24.5 x 16ins), 25nhp |
| Engines by: | Hedley & Boyd, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99607 |
| History: | |
| 05/1892 | Joseph Carney, Sunderland |
| 1892 | J Smurthwaite (Speeding, Marshall & Co Ltd), Sunderland |
| 1893 | Frederick T Fisher, London |
| 1893 | C Anger, Caen; renamed CHARLES |
| 1898 | J & A Gardner & Co, Glasgow; renamed WHARFINGER |
| 21/01/1911 | Sank |
| Comments: | Tyne Improvement Commission records state she was launched on the 11th |
| 1898: Lengthened to 90.4ft, then 145grt | |
| 21/01/1911: Sank in the Sound of Mull | |
| On a voyage from Glasgow to Carbost, Skye with a cargo of coal |
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Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette, Wednesday, 13/04/1892
The Scotsman, Monday, 23/01/1911