| Name: | TAKAO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/01/1897 |
| Completed: | 08/02/1897 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 329 |
| Dimensions: | 1647grt, 1021nrt, 2330dwt, 252.6 x 35.0 x 13.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 237nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 08/02/1897 | Osaka Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka |
| 1898 | Renamed TAKOW MARU |
| 30/01/1900 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 10 x 1st, 24 x 2nd & 200 x Steerage Class passengers |
| Contract Price £23492; Loss £94-13s-5d | |
| 30/01/1900: Wrecked on Iwonose Hirado, Kiushu Island | |
| On a voyage from Kobe to Nagasaki carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 19/01/1897