| Name: | KNIGHT TEMPLAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/05/1889 |
| Completed: | 07/1889 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 618 |
| Dimensions: | 4188grt, 2704nrt, 400.5 x 47.2 x 27.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 435nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 96342 |
| History: | |
| 15/07/1889 | Knight Companion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Liverpool |
| 1891 | Knight Steam Ships Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Liverpool |
| 1903 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool |
| 1903 | Renamed MERTON HALL |
| 1908 | Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool |
| 11/02/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/02/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U53, 30 miles NxE of Ouessant |
| On a voyage from New York to La Pallice with a cargo of steel |
Above photo as MERTON HALL is courtesy of Photoship
Lloyd's List, Monday, 20/05/1889