| Name: | NANT FRANCON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/11/1881 |
| Completed: | 06/12/1881 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 175 |
| Dimensions: | 670grt, 429nrt, 189.8 x 26.7 x 15.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (22.5 & 42 x 30ins), 75nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84177 |
| History: | |
| 06/12/1881 | R & D Jones, Liverpool |
| 1882 | Nant Francon SS Co Ltd (R & D Jones), Liverpool |
| 1905 | Robert Jobson, West Hartlepool |
| 1905 | Cia Argentina de Pesca, Buenos Aires; renamed DON PEDRO |
| 1907 | Renamed CACHALOTE |
| 1913 | Hermann Ost, Buenos Aires |
| 1915 | Cia Porteņa de Navegacion (WR Grace & Co), Valparaiso; renamed PORTEŅO |
| 1917 | Cia Carbonifera y de Fundicion Schwager, Valparaiso |
| 1923 | Beeche y Cia Ltds, Valparaiso; renamed MERCEDES |
| 09/1925 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/09/1925: Wreckage found at Tubul in the Gulf of Arauco |
| On a voyage from Coronel to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal |
Above photo thought to be as PORTEŅO is courtesy of Histamar
Shields Daily News, Friday, 04/11/1881