E. WITHY & COMPANY, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL
| Name | SILKSWORTH |
| Type | Iron Cargo Ship |
| Yard Number | 111 |
| Launched | 30/08/1882 |
| Completed | 10/1882 |
| Off. Number | 85020 |
| Engine builder | T. Richardson & Sons, Middleton, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | C. 2cyl. 140HP |
| GRT | 1347 |
| Length (feet) | 244.5 |
| Beam (feet) | 34.1 |
| First owner | Marquis of Londonderry, Sunderland |
| History | 07/02/1883 wrecked in entrance to River Wear, inward from London in ballast, broke in two but later salvaged |
| 1884 R. de Clare, Yeld & Co., Sunderland | |
| 1885 First Northern S.S. Co. Ltd., Sunderland | |
| 1886 Plate S.S. Co. Ltd. (Gellatley, Hankey, Sewell & Co.), Rochester | |
| 1888 OCAMPO, same owners | |
| 1889 BYWELL, Fenwick & Co., London | |
| 1891 C. F. H. Leslie, London | |
| 1892 Fenwick & Co., London | |
| 1893 Fenwick, Stobart & Co. Ltd., London | |
| Fate | 11/01/1894 sank after collision with CARADOC off the Longsand on passage Calais for the Tyne in ballast. |
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