| Name: | MANHATTAN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/05/1866 |
| Completed: | 07/1866 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 197 |
| Dimensions: | 2869grt, 1951nrt, 335.0 x 42.5 x 27.8ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (60 & 60 x 42ins), 350hp; (1874: C2cyl (35 & 60 x 42ins), 345nhp); |
| (1886: T3cyl (26, 42 & 68 x 42ins), 250nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd; (1874: Fawcett, Preston & Co, Liverpool); |
| (1886: W Doxford & Sons, Sunderland) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 54994 |
| History: | |
| 26/07/1866 | Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Co Ltd (Guion & Co), Liverpool |
| 1875 | Warren Line, Liverpool; renamed MASSACHUSETTS |
| 1881 | Thistle Line, Liverpool; renamed CITY OF LINCOLN |
| 1884 | P Pomes y Bordas, Barcelona; renamed SOLIS |
| 1885 | Steam Ship "City of Lincoln" Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed CITY OF LINCOLN |
| 1888 | Alex Cassels, Liverpool |
| 1893 | William HR Ross, Liverpool |
| 1898 | William Samson, Buenos Ayres; registered at Liverpool |
| 15/08/1902 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 72 x 1st Class & 800 x 2nd Class passengers |
| Built for the Liverpool & Queenstown to New York service | |
| 1874: Engine compounded | |
| 1886: Re-engined with a Doxford engine | |
| 15/08/1902: Wrecked in Table Bay after anchor cables parted in a storm |
Illustrated London News, Saturday, 25/08/1866
Above image is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 16/07/1866