| Name: | NIPPON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/09/1908 |
| Completed: | 01/1909 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 426 |
| Dimensions: | 4028grt, 2428nrt, 380.4 x 49.0 x 25.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 434nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 01/1909 | Swedish East Asiatic Line (D Brostrom, manager) |
| 1936 | Wappu O/Y (Antti Wihuri, manager), Brando, Finland; renamed WIRTA |
| 24/01/1941 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 24/01/1941: Wrecked at Skjerjafjord, Iceland |
| On voyage Baltimore to Petsamo |
Photo as NIPPON courtesy of George Robinson
Photo as WIRTA courtesy of Richard Cox