| Name: | CORNWALL | 
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 23/09/1896 | 
| Completed: | 14/11/1896 | 
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Hebburn | 
| Yard Number: | 339 | 
| Dimensions: | 5490grt, 3554nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.7ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 505nhp | 
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 105897 | 
| History: | |
| 14/11/1896 | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | 
| 1913 | Coe & Clerici, Genoa; renamed ATLANTIDE | 
| 09/02/1918 | Sank | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 12 x 1st & 150 x 3rd Class passengers | 
| 1899 to1902: Used as a troop transport for New Zealand troops during Boer War | |
| 09/02/1918: Sunk by U-Boat U156 off Madeira | |
| On a voyage from Genoa to New Orleans | 

Above photo as CORNWALL copyright of Allan Green

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 24/09/1896