| Name: | MARKOMANNIA launched as BENWELL TOWER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/08/1890 |
| Completed: | 10/1890 |
| Builder: | Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 52 |
| Dimensions: | 3335grt, 2131nrt, 333.0 x 41.2 x 26.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 41 & 67 x 42ins), 291nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 10/1890 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
| 1907 | Seetranport GmbH, Hamburg; renamed KIRCHBERG |
| 1913 | Tito Campanella, Genoa; renamed PEGLI |
| 1917 | Chiarella & Carbone, Genoa |
| 1918 | G Tognetti, Genoa |
| 1921 | Soc Anon Genovese di Armamenti e Trasporti, Genoa |
| 08/08/1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched as BENWELL TOWER for F Stumore & Co, London |
| 08/08/1922: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up |

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/08/1890