| Name: | HERO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/05/1866 |
| Completed: | 08/1866 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 5 |
| Dimensions: | 427grt, 261nrt, 150.2 x 24.7 x 14.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (32 & 32 x 24ins), 65hp; (1878: C2cyl (23 & 41 x 24ins), 65hp) |
| Engines by: | J Jameson & Co, Newcastle; (1878: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 51398 |
| History: | |
| 18/08/1866 | Charles Albert Schlesinger & Frederick Blake Davis, Newcastle |
| 22/02/1867 | Martin Schlesinger & Co, Newcastle |
| by 1871 | Charles Ellah Stallybrass & Co, Cardiff |
| 1873 | Registered at Cardiff |
| 1882 | Edward Harris & Co, Middlesbrough; registered at Middlesbrough |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1878: Re-engined |
| 1894: Register closed |