| Name: | MELPOMENE launched as LINCLUDEN ABBEY |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/04/1883 |
| Completed: | 06/1883 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 495 |
| Dimensions: | 2971grt, 1852nrt, 320.7 x 39.3 x 27.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 71 x 48ins), 291nhp; |
| (1903: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 292nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; |
| (1903: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 87150 (for delivery only) |
| History: | |
| 25/08/1883 | Lloyd Austro-Ungarico, London |
| 1883 | Lloyd Austro-Ungarico, Trieste |
| 1892 | Lloyd Austriaco, Trieste |
| 1919 | Lloyd Triestino, Trieste |
| 1922 | Geltrude Grassi & Adelina Olmi, Genova |
| 22/04/1923 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched as LINCLUDEN ABBEY and sold before delivery |
| Accommodation for 17 x passengers | |
| 1903: Re-engined | |
| 1921: Assigned to Great Britain after WW1 and passed to Italy | |
| 22/04/1923: Arrived at Savona for breaking up | |
| Broken up by Consorzio Operaio Metallurgico Italiano |
Marine Engineer, 01/06/1883