| Name: | CANTON |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 22/12/1870 |
| Completed: | 1871 |
| Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 241 |
| Dimensions: | 1880grt, 1215nrt, 290.6 x 35.3 x 25.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 68 x x 36ins), 200nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65558 |
| History: | |
| 1871 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
| 07/07/1874 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 07/07/1874: Wrecked on the Min Reef, Min River, China. |
| On a voyage from Foochow to London with a cargo of tea & silks |