| Name: | NENTWATER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/11/1872 |
| Completed: | 01/1873 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 903grt, 573nrt, 204.1 x 30.2 x 17.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (25.5 & 51.5 x 33ins), 99hp; (1894: T3cyl (16.5, 26.5 & 44 x 33ins), 141hp) |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton; (1894: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 67338 |
| History: | |
| 31/01/1873 | William Dickinson, Newcastle |
| 1889 | W Dickinson & Co, Newcastle |
| 1893 | Eastern & South African Telegraph Co Ltd, London; renamed DUPLEX |
| 1903 | Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd, London |
| 1913 | Cowasjee, Dinshaw & Brothers, London / Aden |
| 1932 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1893: Converted to a cable vessel |
| 1894: Re-engined | |
| 1913: Converted back to a cargo ship | |
| 03/11/1914: Hired by the Admiralty for use as a patrol vessel off East Africa | |
| 03/11/1914: Armed with 1 x 3pdr gun | |
| 31/08/1915: Returned to owners | |
| 2Q/1932: Broken up |
Above photo as DUPLEX is copyright of FTL Design