| Name: | DARDANUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/05/1886 |
| Completed: | 06/1886 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 263 |
| Dimensions: | 2374grt, 1536nrt, 321.0 x 36.5 x 26.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 58 x 50ins), 182nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 93671 |
| History: | |
| 09/06/1886 | Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 1894 | Nippon Yusen KK, Tokyo; renamed OTARU MARU |
| 03/05/1904 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | 03/05/1904: Scuttled by the Japanese Navy in the western entrance to |
| Port Arthur as a blockship |