Derry Castle
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Derry Castle |
| Builder | Dobie and Company, Govan, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 136 |
| Launched | 16 October 1883 |
| Identification | Official Number 86651 |
| Fate | Lost off Enderby Island, 20 March 1887 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Iron barque |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 239.8 ft (73.1 m) |
| Beam | 35.9 ft (10.9 m) |
| Depth | 21.4 ft (6.5 m) |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
The Derry Castle was a 1,367 ton iron barque built at Glasgow in 1883, and initially operating out of Limerick, Ireland. She had been registered there on 19 November 1883 by Francis Spaight & Sons. In 1887 while voyaging from Australia to the United Kingdom with a cargo of wheat, she foundered off Enderby Island, in the subantarctic Auckland Islands, on a reef which now bears her name.