| Name: | ASTURIAN PRINCE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/08/1893 |
| Completed: | 10/1893 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 291 |
| Dimensions: | 3147grt, 2033nrt, 336.0 x 42.0 x 26.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 300nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 101844 |
| History: | |
| 10/1893 | Prince Steam Shipping Co Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle |
| 1895 | Miami SS Co Inc (T Hogan & Sons), New York; renamed MATTEAWAN |
| 1900 | Saginaw Steel Steamship Co (J Jerome), New York |
| 12/1901 | Missing |
| Comments: | 02/06/1895: Wrecked on the east point of Curacao |
| On a voyage from Puerto Cabello to Curacao with iron and general cargo | |
| 07/10/1895: Re-floated and sold | |
| 1898: Requisitioned as a troop ship during the Spanish - American war | |
| 02/12/1901: Sailed from Nanaimo BC for San Francisco with a cargo of coal | |
| Subsequently reported missing |
Above painting of MATTEAWAN by Antonio Jacobsen is courtesy of John Spivey
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 30/08/1893
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 05/11/1895