| Name: | ZINNIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/01/1900 |
| Completed: | 02/1900 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 127 |
| Dimensions: | 3642grt, 2339nrt, 345.0 x 46.1 x 16.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38.5 & 64 x 42ins), 287nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 113064 |
| History: | |
| 02/1900 | Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields |
| 29/03/1912 | Beached |
| Comments: | 01/1897: Cost £38,750 |
| 29/03/1912: On fire and beached off Cape Comorin | |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to Karachi with a cargo of coal | |
| Subsequently declared a total loss |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 17/01/1900