| Name: | CAIRO launched as AETHIOPIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/10/1857 |
| Completed: | 10/1857 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 1465grt, 996nrt, 256.2 x 35.5 x 22.8ft |
| Engines: | 3cyl (46, 46 & 46 x 36ins), 210hp; (1875: None) |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; (1875: Sail) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 20451 |
| History: | |
| 30/10/1857 | Fred Chapple & Co, Liverpool |
| 1859 | S Bibby & Co, Liverpool |
| 1873 | Frederick Leyland & Co, Liverpool |
| 1874 | Thomas H Johnson, Liverpool |
| 21/12/1876 | Missing |
| Comments: | 30/10/1857: Launched as AETHIOPIA or ETHIOPIA |
| 1859: Acquired by Bibby for the Levant cotton trade | |
| 1874: Purchased for £9,000 & converted for £8,000 | |
| 1875: Converted into a 3 masted sailing ship by WH Potter & Co at Liverpool | |
| 15/11/1876: Sailed from London for Melbourne | |
| 21/12/1876: Last seen by MILTIADES, 700 miles NE of South Georgia Island | |
| Subsequently reported missing. 26 crew and 19 passengers lost | |
| Her cargo included gunpowder & it is thought to have blown up |
North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 08/10/1857
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 31/05/1877