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Name 1908 ArdnagrenaCushag Owner 1908-1914 James Waterson & Co., Antrim1914-1919 Humber Steam Containers Ltd.1919-1920 Owned by a London Broker1920-1943 Isle of Man Steam Packet Company1943-1957 London Shipping Agents Operator 1908–1914 James Waterson & Co.1914-1919 Humber Steam Containers Ltd.1919-1920 Unrecorded London Ship Broker1920-1943 Isle of Man Steam Packet Co.1943-1957 London Shipping Agents Builder G. Brown & Company Greenock | ||
SS Cushag was a coastal cargo vessel owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1920 and 1943.
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Dimensions
Cushag was a steel; single-screw vessel which had a registered tonnage of 223 GRT. Length 125'; beam 22'1"; depth 9'2". Cushag had a single steam reciprocating engine which developed 350 i.h.p.; and a design speed of 10 knots.
Service Life
Built by G. Brown & Co. at Greenock in 1908, she was originally named Ardnagrena. Her first owners were James Waterson & Co. of Antrim, who sold her to Humber Steam Coasters Ltd in 1914. Five years later she was sold once more, this time to a London broker, from whom she was purchased by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in May 1920, at a cost of £22,000 (equivalent to £796,949).
Small and drawing so little water, she was mostly used for cargo trade in the Island's smaller ports - Port St Mary, Peel, Laxey and Castletown.
After over 20 years service with the Company, she was sold to London agents in January 1943, and then went on to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis for four years. She transferred to Kirkwall in Orkney in 1947.
Disposal
Cushag's register ceases on 20 July 1957, when she was broken up at Grangemouth.