| Name: | ZANG |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/04/1888 |
| Completed: | 05/1888 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 525 |
| Dimensions: | 465grt, 298nrt, 170.0 x 25.6 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (16 & 30 x 18ins), 70nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 05/1888 | Massis Steam Navigation Co Ltd, St Petersburg |
| 1900 | St Petersburg Transport Co Nadeshda, Astrakhan |
| 1920 | Kaspmortran, Baku |
| 1923 | A/O Kaspar, Baku |
| 1925/1927 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed to be cut into two for passing through the locks to the Caspian Sea |
| 1925/1927: Broken up – deleted from Lloyd’s Register in 1911 |
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Jarrow Express, Friday, 27/04/1888
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, 16/05/1888