| Name: | LOTUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/07/1873 |
| Completed: | 1873 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 287 |
| Dimensions: | 2152grt, 1407nrt, 323.1 x 35.1 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (37 & 70 x 36ins), 200hp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68492 |
| History: | |
| 1873 | RD Sassoon & Co, London |
| 1877 | Henry F Swan, London |
| 1877 | Mitsubishi Yubin Kisen Kaisha, Tokyo; renamed TAKACHIHO MARU |
| 1885 | Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo |
| 11/05/1891 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 11/05/1891: Wrecked at Tsushima |