| Name: | DAPHNE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/11/1899 |
| Completed: | 01/1900 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 86 |
| Dimensions: | 1566grt, 988nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 15.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 01/1900 | A/S Daphne (J Bull), Tønsberg |
| 1910 | A/S Premier (J Bull), Tønsberg |
| 1906 | Manager Fr Mowinckels, Christiania |
| 1907 | A/S Doris (Fr Mowinckels), Christiania |
| 1910 | Manager W Gørrissen |
| 1913 | A/S Arendal (Chr Eyde), Arendal |
| 1916 | Jacob Rabes D/S A/S II (Jacob Rabes), Tønsberg |
| 11/11/1916 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/11/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UC16 30 miles SE of Start Point |
| On a voyage from Newport to Rouen with a cargo of coal |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo copyright of the Aust-Agder Museum
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/11/1899