| Name: | BIRLING |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/09/1872 |
| Completed: | 12/1872 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 23 |
| Dimensions: | 360grt, 195nrt, 141.1 x 22.1 x 11.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (18 & 34 x 24ins), 46nhp |
| Engines by: | W & J Almond, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68376 |
| History: | |
| 21/01/1873 | Joseph Brown & Co, London |
| 1886 | VA Werff & Brown, London |
| 1887 | W Wilson Smith & Co, London |
| 1890 | Harries, Bros & Co, London |
| 17/12/1892 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 17/12/1892: Wrecked near Grand Lejon Rock |
| On a voyage from Cardiff to St Brieuc with a cargo of coal |