| Name: | BITINIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/11/1900 |
| Completed: | 12/1900 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 350 |
| Dimensions: | 3091grt, 1968nrt, 323.5 x 47.1 x 23.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 12/1900 | L Kossovic & Co, Trieste |
| 1902 | Bitinia SS Co Ltd (D Tripcovich), Trieste |
| 11/1914 | Turkish Government |
| 1921 | Soc Italiana di Nav ‘G Rossi’, Rome |
| 1924 | S & D Fafalios, Chios; renamed IOANNIS FAFALIOS |
| 04/05/1928 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1914: Used in naval service |
| 16/09/1915: Damaged by torpedo from British submarine HMS E12 in | |
| Saltik Liman roads in the Sea of Marmara. Subsequently towed to Istanbul | |
| 04/1919: Towed to Italy for repairs | |
| 04/05/1928: Sank after a collision with store carrier RFA BACCHUS | |
| about 30 miles south of St Alban’s Head | |
| On a voyage from Huelva to Dunkerque with a cargo of iron ore |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 06/11/1900