| Name: | JOHN TENNANT |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/02/1873 |
| Completed: | 04/1873 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 290 |
| Dimensions: | 2296grt, 1451nrt, 312.6 x 36.1 x 25.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (36 & 80 x 42), 250hp |
| Engines by: | Humphreys, Tennant, Son & Co, London |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63023 |
| History: | |
| 18/04/1873 | HS Edwards & Sons, South Shields |
| 09/07/1875 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 09/07/1875: Wrecked 200 yards east of Cape Finisterre |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to London, carrying passengers & general cargo |

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 24/07/1875