SS Cushag

SS Cushag was a coastal cargo vessel owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1920 and 1943.

SS Cushag approaching Peel.
History
Name	1908: Ardnagrena Cushag
Owner	1908-1914: James Waterson & Co., Antrim 1914-1919: Humber Steam Containers Ltd. 1919-1920: Owned by a London Broker 1920-1943: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company 1943-1957: London Shipping Agents
Operator	1908–1914: James Waterson & Co. 1914-1919: Humber Steam Containers Ltd. 1919-1920: Unrecorded London Ship Broker 1920-1943: Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. 1943-1957: London Shipping Agents
Port of registry	1920-1943: Douglas, Isle of Man
Route	Various.
Builder	G. Brown & Company Greenock
Launched	12 August 1908
Completed	1908
Acquired	1920: Purchased by IoMSPCo. for £22,000
In service	1908
Out of service	1957
Identification	Official Number 124673
Fate	1957: Scrapped at Grangemouth
General characteristics
Type	Coastal Cargo Vessel
Tonnage	223 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	125 ft 0 in (38.1 m)
Beam	22 ft 1 in (6.7 m)
Depth	9 ft 2 in (2.8 m)
Installed power	350 ihp (260 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Crew	Not Recorded.

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

Cushag pictured berthed at Peel.

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 £1,116,197).

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.

Gallery

Cushag.

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  Cushag pictured at the Office Berth, Douglas.

References

Bibliography

• Chappell, Connery (1980). Island Lifeline T.Stephenson & Sons Ltd ISBN 0-901314-20-X