| Name: | CITY OF COLOMBO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/10/1909 |
| Completed: | 12/1909 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 849 |
| Dimensions: | 6000grt, 3909nrt, 425.0 x 54.1 x 30.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 75 x 51ins), 402nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 128009 |
| History: | |
| 29/11/1909 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
| 20/03/1921 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 20/03/1921: Wrecked 6 miles north of Petit Passage, Digby Neck, Nova Scotia |
| On a voyage from Dunkerque and Barry via St John NB to Philadelphia |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Lloyd's List, Thursday, 04/11/1909