The cargo steamer Langton Grange was built in Belfast by Workman, Clark & Company in 1896 for Houlder Brothers & Company of London. She was 419' long with a 54' beam and was registered at 5,851 gross tons. Her triple expansion engine could develop about 2,800 HP driving the ship at a speed of 12 knots. She was designed for trade between the UK and Australia and in early August of 1909 had just returned from a voyage down under.

Her career ended on August 5, 1909 while en route from Glasgow to Newport. She ran aground on the rocks off North Bishop, Wales and was stuck fast. Three holds, the engine room and the stokehold all flooded, but the master, Captain Groves, and his men did not panic. With no wireless the normal distress signals were made, but the response was slow. When help did arrive Groves, his twenty-one man crew and a female passenger elected to remain onboard, however with the considerable damage and the amount of water she was taking there was no possibility of saving the ship.

All twenty-three people were taken off within a day and landed at Fishguard, Wales. The ship, which was in ballast at the time of the wreck, broke up and sank.