| Name: | POLITICIAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/10/1898 |
| Completed: | 01/1899 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 240 |
| Dimensions: | 7228grt, 4738nrt, 469.5 x 56.4 x 31.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 45.5 & 75 x 60ins), 571hp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110533 |
| History: | |
| 01/1899 | Charente Steamship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool |
| 1922 | South Georgia Company Ltd (Chr Salvesen & Co), Stanley FI |
| 1922 | Renamed CORONDA |
| 10/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1922: Converted for carrying whale oil in bulk |
| 10/1947: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres |
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