Cariboo
Ship Number
599
Vessel Type
Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Built
John Brown & Co Ltd
Slip Number
8
Launch Date
March 22, 1924
Delivered
August 16, 1924
Owner
Elder Dempster & Co.
Weight
7275 grt
BP Length
440 feet
Breadth
59 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11 knots
Propulsion
Engines by Harland & Wolff Glasgow
Official No.
147267
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Wrecked
Cariboo

Sister of the Cochrane she was originally to have have been named Cavally
 
Cariboo was chartered to Union Castle in 1928 and was loading chrome ore in the East London anchorage when a severe storm forced her and the Windsor Castle to put to sea in very limited visability. Unfortunately Cariboo struck rocks about 5 miles offshore at Keis Kamma and was wrecked. All lives were saved by the Windsor Castle.