SS ''Tempest'' was the first ship of the Anchor Line belonging to Scottish brothers Nicol and Robert Handyside and Captain Thomas Henderson. The , 866-ton ship was built as a sail-ship by Sandeman & McLaurin of

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and launched on 21 December 1854. On 3 April 1855 Henderson began a maiden voyage from Glasgow to Bombay. The Anchor Line decided to begin transatlantic service between

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with ''Tempest''. She was converted to a screw steamship with the fitting, by Randolf and Elder, of engines in 1856. Her first passage left Glasgow on 11 October 1856; sailing from New York on 19 November, she returned to Glasgow after a 28-day crossing. Her second journey departed Glasgow 27 December, mastered by Capt James Morris, with cargo and 50 passengers. She arrived in New York on 1 February. She sailed eastward on 13 February 1857 with crew, cargo and one passenger aboard. She vanished without a trace. Her fate remains an unsolved mystery to this day along with the 150 people that were on board. Two other ships of the Anchor Line disappeared at sea; ''United Kingdom'' in 1869 and ''Ismailia'' in 1873.

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