| Name: | RANGOON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/10/1860 |
| Completed: | 11/1860 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 97 |
| Dimensions: | 1585grt, 1334nrt, 267.2 x 37.0 x 21.0ft; |
| (1870: 1765grt, 1406nrt, 267.2 x 37.6 x 21.1ft); (1873: 1818grt, 1166nrt) | |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 250hp; (18xx: C2cyl (33 & 61 x 30ins), 150nhp) |
| Engines by: | R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn; (18xx: T Richardson & Son, Hartlepool) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 29103 |
| History: | |
| 14/11/1860 | CM Palmer, Newcastle |
| 1862 | Fernie Bros, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool; renamed ALABAMA |
| by 1864 | British & American Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| by 1868 | ET Gourley et al, Sunderland |
| by 1870 | James Laing, Sunderland |
| 1870 | Registered at London |
| by 1872 | John Allan, London |
| 1873 | William Gray, West Hartlepool |
| 1875 | Registered at West Hartlepool |
| 11/1879 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built specifically to transport portions of the Rangoon to Singapore telegraph cable |