| Name: | NICOLAI (also shown as NIKOLAY) | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 14/12/1887 | 
| Completed: | 1888 | 
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Bill Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 9 | 
| Dimensions: | 1032grt, 824nrt, 212.5 x 30.2 x 13.9ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (17, 28 & 47 x 30ins), 125nhp | 
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 12/1887 | Russian Co for Sea, River & Land Insurance & Conveyance of Goods | 
| 1905 | Russian Transport & Insurance Co, Odessa | 
| 29/10/1914 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 29/10/1914: Shelled & sunk by SMS BRESLAU at Novorossisk. |