| Name: | CAIRO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/07/1862 |
| Completed: | 09/1862 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 115 |
| Dimensions: | 1040grt, 702nrt, 251.0 x 27.8 x 19.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 66 x 33ins), 270nhp; (1887: T3cyl (24, 38 & 62 x 36ins), 231nhp) |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1887: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 09/1862 | SA Italiana Eastern Adriatic, Ancona |
| 1867 | Impresa Raffaele Rubattino, Genoa; renamed CANDIA |
| 04/09/1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
| 1910 | Societa Nationale del Servizi Marittimi, Genoa |
| 03/09/1913 | Sicilia Societa di Navigazione, Palermo |
| 04/11/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the service between Ancona and Alexandria |
| 1887: Re-engined by R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | |
| 04/11/1917: Torpedoed & sunk in the Bay of Zuara |
Above photo as CANDIA is courtesy of Andreas von Mach
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 03/10/1862