SS Nubian (1876)

The SS Nubian was a steamer built in 1876 by the	Mitchell Charles & Co. Ltd. of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and was operated by the Union Steamship Company (Southampton Steam Shipping Company) of Southampton. A passenger and cargo steamer with a compound engine provided by Thos. Clark & Co of Newcastle, it had a top speed of 12  knots. It was later lengthened. From 1876-83 it was used for Cape mail service, and from 1884 it was used for transport between Liverpool, Bermuda, and Baltimore. In 1887 it sailed to Mozambique and was used in South Africa from 1888 until 1892. It was lost off the coast of Lisbon on 20 December 1892.