| Name: | TASMANIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/04/1892 |
| Completed: | 06/1892 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 173 |
| Dimensions: | 2252grt, 1265nrt, 286.0 x 38.5 x 20.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 42ins), 290nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 57634 |
| History: | |
| 12/08/1892 | Huddart, Parker & Co Ltd, Hobart |
| 29/07/1897 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation provided for 230 x passengers |
| 29/07/1897: Sank after striking a rock off Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand | |
| On a voyage from Sydney to Wellington. 13 people died |
Above photo courtesy of the Allan Green Collection
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Friday, 03/06/1892