| Name: | NANKIN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/07/1872 |
| Completed: | 01/1873 |
| Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 263 |
| Dimensions: | 2423grt, 1830nrt, 330.6 x 36.8 x 25.7ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (38.5 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp |
| Engines by: | Maudslay Sons & Field, London |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68375 |
| History: | |
| 13/01/1873 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
| 1879 | Transferred to Watts, Ward & Co, London |
| 1880 | George R Glover, Liverpool |
| 28/04/1882 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/04/1882: Sank after a collision with GEORGE W CLYDE in Swash Channel, New York Bay |
| On a voyage from New York to Liverpool in ballast |
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