| Name: | JOHANNESBURG |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/08/1894 |
| Completed: | 01/1895 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 619 |
| Dimensions: | 4444grt, 2274nrt, 360.0 x 47.0 x 27.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 50 & 80 x 54ins), 578nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 104829 |
| History: | |
| 01/1895 | British & Colonial Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Bucknall Brothers), London |
| 1901 | Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Brothers), London |
| 1913 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co), Glasgow; renamed SURAT |
| 24/09/1926 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the service between UK and South & East Africa |
| Accommodation for 66 x 1st Class passengers | |
| 24/09/1926: Arrived at Shanghai for breaking up by Sui Dah |
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Above photo as JOHANNESBURG is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
Above photo as JOHANNESBURG is copyright of the Goteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum
Above photo as JOHANNESBURG is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as JOHANNESBURG is courtesy of A Payne
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/08/1894