| Name: | ASHANTI |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/02/1897 |
| Completed: | 04/1897 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 218 |
| Dimensions: | 3389grt, 2186nrt, 330.0 x 45.2 x 18.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 293nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 106847 |
| History: | |
| 04/1897 | GB Hunter & WJ Davey (Elder Dempster & Co), Liverpool |
| 1899 | Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1910 | Elder Line Ltd (Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd), Liverpool |
| 1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 19/08/1919: Damaged by fire at Dakar after arriving from New York |
| with cased oil and general cargo. Beached as a total loss | |
| 1920: Refloated and towed to Marseilles for breaking up |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 20/02/1897