| Name: | JOHN TENNANT | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 03/02/1873 | 
| Completed: | 04/1873 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 290 | 
| Dimensions: | 2296grt, 1451nrt, 312.6 x 36.1 x 25.2ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 80 x 42), 250hp | 
| Engines by: | Humphreys, Tennant, Son & Co, London | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 63023 | 
| History: | |
| 18/04/1873 | HS Edwards & Sons, South Shields | 
| 09/07/1875 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 09/07/1875: Wrecked 200 yards east of Cape Finisterre | 
| On a voyage from Calcutta to London, carrying passengers & general cargo | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 24/07/1875