There have been several vessels named ''Nubia'' or SS ''Nubia'':
*, a passenger steamer, built by John Laird Sons & Company in Birkenhead in 1854 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
*, a cargo ship built as ''City of Mecca'' by Charles Connell & Company in Glasgow in 1871 for the City Line, Greenock. In service as the Admiralty coal hulk ''Nubian'' at Simonstown 1900-04
*, a passenger and cargo steamer built in 1876 by the Mitchell Charles & Co. Ltd. of
Newcastle upon Tyne
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and was operated by the Union Steamship Company
*, a cargo ship, built by
Harland and Wolff
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in 1878 for
African Steamship Company
*, a cargo ship built in 1882 by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. of Meadowside and operated by Anchor Line Ltd of Glasgow
*, a passenger and cargo steamer built by
Caird & Company
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John's relative James Tennant Caird joine ...
of Greenock in 1894 for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
*
''Nubia'', a small steamer also named ''Nubia'' operated on the
Nile
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in the late 19th and early 20th century. The steamer had two decks of private cabins, and aside from transporting people carried cargo and mail.
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