| Name: | VIXEN launched as FATCHOY |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched | 19/03/1870 |
| Completed: | 26/04/1870 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 63 |
| Dimensions: | 1675grt, 1086nrt, 268.5 x 36.3 x 23.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (22 & 43 x 30ins), 155nhp; |
| (by 1890: C2cyl (32 & 61 x 39ins), 150nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; |
| (by 1890: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 9.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63588 |
| History: | |
| 1870 | RB Durham & J Wigham Richardson |
| 1875 | H Burnett, Liverpool |
| 1877 | Horatio N Hughes, renamed VIXEN |
| 1880 | J Japp, Liverpool |
| 1881 | Sala y Vidal, Barcelona; renamed ANA DE SALA |
| 1887 | Cie Gantoise de Nav, Ghent; renamed VLAANDEREN |
| 1889 | Chuah yu Pung, Penang; renamed NAMCHOW |
| 11/01/1892 | Sank |
| Comments | Her foreign name was FATCHOY |
| Comments | 14/05/1870: Maiden voyage was UK - Madras ? Calcutta - China |
| Accommodation for 24 passengers | |
| Contract Price £30,400; Profit £3030-18s-7d | |
| By 1890: Re-engined | |
| 11/01/1892: Broke her propeller shaft and foundered off Cupchi Point, China | |
| The ship was crowded with passengers & the lifeboats could not accommodate everyone | |
| In total 414 lives were lost |
Above painting as ANA DE SALA