| Name: | CARDIGANSHIRE |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/05/1883 |
| Completed: | 07/1883 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 71 |
| Dimensions: | 2486grt, 1623nrt, 317.3 x 38.1 x 24.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (38 & 70 x 45ins), 258nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 87133 |
| History: | |
| 11/07/1883 | DJ Jenkins & Co, London |
| 1887 | Jenkins & Co, London |
| 1894 | Hokkaido Tanko Tetsudo KK, Tokyo; renamed IBURI MARU |
| 1907 | Hokkaido Tanko Kisen KK, Tokyo |
| 23/01/1909 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the China to Japan service with accommodation for some passengers |
| 23/01/1909: Sank after a collision with SYDNEY in Tokyo Bay | |
| On a voyage from Uraga to Yokohama in ballast |
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 20/07/1883