| Name: | CHINA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/02/1882 |
| Completed: | 07/1882 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 469 |
| Dimensions: | 4580grt, 3044nrt, 400.3 x 44.6 x 31.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (54 & 96 x 60ins), 595nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.25knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 07/1882 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
| 1885 | Renamed DOMENICO BALDUINO |
| 1910 | Soc Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi, Genoa |
| 26/04/1912 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Built for the passenger & mail service between Genoa & Bombay |
| Accommodation for 100 x 1st Class & 50 x 2nd Class passengers | |
| 26/04/1912: Stranded at Cape Spartivento | |
| On a voyage from Derna to Genoa | |
| Subsequently refloated and broken up at Genoa |
Above image is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 03/07/1882