| Name: | WHAMPOA | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 22/10/1873 | 
| Completed: | 02/1874 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 300 | 
| Dimensions: | 3835grt, 2487nrt, 399.5 x 42.2 x 28.4ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (52 & 98 x 52ins), 500hp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 68517 | 
| History: | |
| 13/02/1874 | William Milburn (Watts, Milburn & Co), London | 
| 1877 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London | 
| 1879 | R Rubattino & Co, Genoa; renamed MANILLA | 
| 1880 | Soc per la Navigazione a Vapore Raffaele Rubattino & Co, Genoa | 
| 1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa | 
| 02/1905 | Broken up | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 60 x 1st Class passengers | 
| 02/1905: Broken up at Genoa | 

Above photo as WHAMPOA is copyright of the Royal Greenwich Museums - Gould collection

Jarrow Express, Saturday, 14/02/1874