SS Abyssinia

	SS Abyssinia at Vancouver, June 1887
History
Name	Abyssinia
Namesake	Abyssinia
Owner	Cunard Line (1870–1880); Guion Line (1880–1891);
Route	Liverpool-Queenstown-New York (1870–1886); Vancouver-Hong Kong-Tokyo (1887–1891); Liverpool-Queenstown-New York (1891);
Builder	J & G Thomson, Govan
Yard number	110
Launched	3 March 1870
Completed	May 1870
Fate	Caught fire and sank, 18 December 1891 in the North Atlantic off Nova Scotia.
General characteristics
Type	iron-hulled steamship
Tonnage	3,253 GRT
Length	364 ft (111 m)
Beam	42 ft (13 m)
Propulsion	steam engine
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)

SS Abyssinia was a British mail liner built in 1870, and originally operated by the Cunard Line on the Liverpool–New York route. She later served the Guion Line on the same route and the Canadian Pacific Line in the Pacific. In December 1891, Abyssinia was destroyed mid-Atlantic without loss of life by a fire that started in her cargo of cotton, further highlighting the danger in carrying both cotton and passengers on the same ship.

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