| Name: | MANCHESTER MERCHANT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/12/1899 |
| Completed: | 02/1900 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 743 |
| Dimensions: | 5657grt, 3636nrt, 452.0 x 52.2 x 28.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 50 & 81.5 x 54ins), 642nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 108849 |
| History: | |
| 07/02/1900 | Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester |
| 15/01/1903 | Sank |
| Comments: | Served as transport No 92 during the Boer War |
| 15/01/1903: Scuttled in Dingle Bay to try and extinguish a fire in the fwd holds | |
| On a voyage from New Orleans to Manchester carrying cotton, lumber & maize | |
| She became a total loss |
Above photo is copyright of National Maritime Museum - Gould Collection
The Scotsman, Friday, 16/01/1903