Source Clan Line - Illustrated Fleet History

As Ceduna

In the 1892 UK general election Charles Cayzer, the senior partner in the Cayzer, Irvine & Co "Clan Line" shipping company, was the Conservative Party candidate for Barrow and Furness. He promised that if he were elected, he would bring work to the Naval Construction & Armament Co shipyard in the town. He was elected, and thereafter ordered a set of three cargo ships from the shipyard for £28,500 each.

The three sister ships were built as yard numbers 227, 228 and 229 and launched in 1894 as Clan Ross, Clan Campbell and Clan Mackay.

Clan Mackay was the last of the three, being launched on 31 October 1894 and completed that December. They were the first Clan Line ships to be built with a straight stem instead of a clipper bow.

Clan Mackay's registered length was 312.0 ft (95.1 m), her beam was 40.2 ft (12.3 m) and her depth was 24.7 ft (7.5 m). Her tonnages were 2,600 GRT and 1,665 NRT.

She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 317 NHP.

Cayzer, Irvine registered Clan Mackay at Glasgow. Her official number was 104539 and her code letters were NPRV.

In September 1899 Clan Mackay was involved in a collision, as a consequence of which she was beached. She was repaired and returned to service.

1914 Sold to Adelaide SS Co renamed Ceduna