Nadir
Ship Number
221
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
26 October 1889
Delivered
24 December 1889
Owner
Asiatic Steam Navigation Co
Weight
3142 grt
BP Length
345 feet
Breadth
42 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
10.5 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion engines. 1500 H.P.
Official No.
96392
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed and Sunk
Nadir

Thomas Ismay undertook an extensive tour of the company's theatre of operations in 1887 after which it was decided to upgrade the fleet and three further ships were ordered for delivery in 1889/90, Nawab, Nadir and Nizam, all over 3,000 tons and all equipped with triple expansion engines.
 
She was sold to T. Uda of Hamdera in 1912 and became Temmei Maru, a year later she was sold to Hakuyo Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha of Ushioye and retained her name.
 
Sunk by torpedo when on passage in the Mediterranean on the 10th August 1916.