| Name: | ANCIENT BRITON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/07/1882 |
| Completed: | 08/1882 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 41 |
| Dimensions: | 1092grt, 692nrt, 225.0 x 31.2 x 16.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 52 x 33ins), 98nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 86480 |
| History: | |
| 16/08/1882 | Gibbs & Lee, Cardiff |
| 1897 | Temon Steamship Co Ltd (ER Newbigin), Cardiff |
| 1908 | Newbigin Steam Shipping Co Ltd (ER Newbigin), Newcastle |
| 1912 | A/S D/S Lilias (JK Christophersen), Tvedestrand |
| 1918 | Managers became Olsen & Ugelstad |
| 20/06/1919 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/06/1919: Sank after striking a mine off Skagen |
| On a voyage from Swansea to Copenhagen with a cargo of coal |