| Name: | EMIR |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/07/1882 |
| Completed: | 15/08/1882 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 145 |
| Dimensions: | 1378grt, 779nrt, 1500dwt, 246.0 x 31.7 x 23.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (34 & 64 x 42ins), 221nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 15/08/1882 | Cie de Nav Mixte, Marseilles |
| 08/08/1911 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 20 x 1st, 30 x 2nd, 12 x 3rd Class plus deck passengers |
| Contract Price £27000, Profit £4357-8s-1d | |
| Built for the owner's Marseilles to North African services | |
| 13/12/1890: On leaving Marseilles in thick fog struck the Canoubier Rocks. Repaired | |
| 16/11/1903: In collision at Arzew with VILLE DE SOUSSE. Repaired | |
| 08/08/1911: Left Gibraltar for Tangiers with 113 passengers, but ran into thick fog | |
| 09/08/1911: Sank after a collision with SILVERTON when 5 miles E of Tarifa | |
| The EMIR sank rapidly with the loss of 86 persons |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey