| Name: | GULF OF GUINEA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/08/1888 |
| Completed: | 09/1888 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 282 |
| Dimensions: | 2548grt, 1860nrt, 320.0 x 40.3 x 22.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 69 x 48ins), 361nhp |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 93206 |
| History: | |
| 26/09/1888 | Greenock Steam Ship Co Ltd, Greenock |
| 1892 | Gulf Line Association Ltd, Greenock |
| 1900 | Gulf Line Ltd (D MacDougall), Greenock |
| 1900 | Nederlandsche Stoomv Mij "Oceaan", Amsterdam; renamed MEMNON |
| 1906 | Ban Yensho, Uraga; renamed TOGO MARU |
| 1907 | Watanabe Kumashiro, Hakodate |
| 1913 | Kanamori Gomei Kaisha, Hakodate |
| 1917 | Yamashita Kisen KK, Nishinomiya |
| 20/07/1923 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/07/1923: Sank near Shokukuzen, in position 34.06N - 124.40E |
| On a voyage from Tsingtao to Yokohama with a cargo of coal, coke & cattle |
Above photo as GULF OF GUINEA is copyright of the GJ de Boer collection
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 13/08/1888