Built as a cargo vessel under yard No 272 by J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields for J.H. Harrowing at Whitby.
10 June 1891 launched as the ETHELGONDA.
Tonnage 2.692 gross, dim. 91.4 (bpp.) x 12.7m.
One triple expansion steam engine ?hp.
June 1891 completed.
04 June 1897 was she wrecked in rough seas on the rocks off Anse Ger, Saint Lucia. In an effort to lighten the ship and refloat her, her cargo of wool was unloaded and laid out along the valley of Maboouya to dry.
She was underway from Buenos Aires to Boston, USA.
Later was she refloated.
1898 Sold to C. Hill & Sons, Whitby (Bristol).
1899 Sold to A Harrowing, Whitby, renamed AISLABY.
1901 Sold to J.H. Harrowing, Whitby.
1905 Sold to Asolvesby SS Co., Ltd. (Robt. Harrowing & Co.), Whitby.
1911 Sold to W. Coupland & Co., Whitby.
On a voyage from Lisbon to Bilbao in ballast was she captured by the German submarine U-46 in a position 43 51N 07.28W, 10 miles NE of Estaca Point, near Ferrol, Spain and scuttled with explosives.
St. Lucia 1997 $1 sg 1169, scott 1074.
Source: Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1891. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz