| Name: | RORY |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/08/1881 |
| Completed: | 09/1881 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 452 |
| Dimensions: | 1537grt, 942nrt, 253.2 x 36.1 x 27.3 ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (32 & 64 x 42ins), 221nhp; (1896: T3cyl (19.5, 33 & 51.5 x 42ins), 172nhp) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1896: D Rowan & Sons, Glasgow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84143 |
| History: | |
| 17/09/1881 | Charles W Pollexfen, Liverpool |
| 1882 | China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed TOO NAN |
| 1884 | William Keswick, Hong Kong; renamed RORY |
| 1885 | China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed TOO NAN |
| 1900 | AE Knights, Shanghai; USA Flag |
| 1901 | China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Shanghai |
| 10/07/1933 | Sank |
| Comments: | Laid down as HEMAN but launched as RORY |
| 1896: Engine tripled by D Rowan & Sons | |
| 10/07/1933: Sank after collision 13nm off Shantung Promontory Light House | |
| On a voyage from Newchang to Shanghai carrying passengers & general cargo |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 19/08/1881