| Name: | TELEFON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/12/1899 |
| Completed: | 02/1900 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 87 |
| Dimensions: | 1538grt, 968nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 15.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1911: 130121) |
| History: | |
| 02/1900 | A/S D/S Telefon (PA Grøn), Sandefjord |
| 1911 | Lovart Steamship Co Ltd (Love & Stewart Ltd), Bo’ness; renamed KINNEIL |
| 31/10/1913 | Sank |
| Comments: | 26/12/1908: Stranded at Admiralty Bay, South Shetland when inbound |
| from Rotterdam with a cargo of coal and empty drums | |
| Subsequently salvaged and repaired | |
| 30/10/1913: Sank after a collision with DENEBOLA off Skagen | |
| On a voyage from Wiborg to Bo’ness with pitwood |

Above image as TELEFON copyright of Dambatens Vestfold

Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 02/01/1900