| Name: | EURYALUS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/06/1898 |
| Completed: | 08/1898 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 732 |
| Dimensions: | 3570grt, 2286nrt, 360.0 x 45.7 x 24.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45.5 & 74 x 48ins), 458nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 101720 |
| History: | |
| 04/11/1898 | A Currie & Co, Melbourne |
| 1913 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 31/12/1923 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1898: Completed at a price of £47,500 |
| Accommodation for 22 x 1st and 24 x 2nd Class passengers | |
| 1913: Placed on the India to Australia service | |
| 1919: Accommodation increased to include 2441 x deck passengers | |
| 31/12/1923: Arrived for breaking up at La Spezia. Cost £6,500 |
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Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 09/06/1898