HOUGHTON TOWER / PRINCE ARTHUR

A VESSEL OF 1,598 TONS, WITH AN IRON HULL SHE WAS BUILT IN 1869 BY CLOVER & CO OF BIRKENHEAD. I HAVE SEEN HER NAME SPELT AS HOGTON TOWER, BUT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME VESSEL, AS YEAR, BUILDER,TONNAGE ALL TALLIES UP.SHE WAS OWNED BY T H ISMAY.HER MAIDEN VOYAGE ( FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE ) WAS IN JUNE 1869 FROM ?TO AUSTRALIA.SHE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE S.AMERICAN TRADE, LATER TO LIVERPOOL - INDIA TRADE IN 1873.