| Name: | KNIGHT COMMANDER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/05/1890 |
| Completed: | 07/1890 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 643 |
| Dimensions: | 4306grt, 2731nrt, 400.0 x 47.2 x 27.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47 & 76 x 51ins), 435nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 97801 |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1890 | Knight Steam Ships Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Liverpool |
| 24/07/1904 | Sank |
| Comments: | 24/07/1904: Sank after being captured by Russian warships of the |
| Vladivostok Squadron 30 miles south of Omae Zaki at 34.10N - 138.20E | |
| On a voyage from New York to Yokohama with a cargo of railway materiel |
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 07/05/1890