| Name: | MERTHYR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/06/1866 |
| Completed: | 07/1866 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 208 |
| Dimensions: | 798grt, 543nrt, 207.3 x 28.1 x 17.4ft |
| Engines: | I2cyl (40 & 40 x 30ins), 100hp; (18xx: C2cyl (27 & 50 x 30ins), 106nhp) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 54720 |
| History: | |
| 11/07/1866 | James Dixon et al, London |
| 1875 | Dixon & Harris, London |
| 1879 | Harris & Dixon, London |
| 1887 | Lambert Bros Ltd, London |
| 1896 | Wm Cory & Son Ltd, London |
| 1911 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 18XX: Engine compounded by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| 1911: Broken up by H Lozinguez at Boulogne |