| Name: | KNIGHT COMPANION | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 29/02/1888 | 
| Completed: | 04/1888 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 589 | 
| Dimensions: | 3913grt, 2543nrt, 400.0 x 45.3 x 27.7ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 424nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 95239 | 
| History: | |
| 26/04/1888 | Knight Companion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Newcastle | 
| 1900 | D Zino, Savona; renamed LEALTÀ | 
| 1911 | Lloyd del Pacifico (G Zino fu Dco), Savona | 
| 1913 | Soc Anon Lloyd del Pacifico, Savona | 
| 10/08/1917 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 10/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by KuK (Austro-Hungarian Navy) submarine U31 | 
| in position 35.45N – 16.50E, 100 miles east of Malta | |
| On a voyage from Syracuse to the Eastern Mediterranean | 

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 01/03/1888