| Name: | RUFFORD HALL |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/01/1888 |
| Completed: | 03/1888 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 588 |
| Dimensions: | 3960grt, 3168nrt, 380.0 x 45.3 x 27.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 425nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 93770 |
| History: | |
| 19/03/1888 | Sun Shipping Co Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool |
| 1898 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co; renamed NANKIN |
| 1904 | Kawasaki Yoshitaro, Kobe; renamed KOTOHIRA MARU No 2 |
| 12/09/1907 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 10 x 1st Class & 46 x 2nd Class passengers |
| Employed in Far Eastern services | |
| 09/12/1898: Purchased for £33,523 | |
| 1900: Used as a transport for the Transvaal Campaign | |
| 12/09/1907: Wrecked in Soya Strait while carrying general cargo | |
| Wreck broke up during salvage attempts |