| Name: | SHEARWATER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/07/1864 |
| Completed: | 08/1864 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 23 |
| Dimensions: | 682grt, 569nrt, 198.1 x 28.0 x 16.5ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 90hp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 49623 |
| History: | |
| 05/08/1864 | Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
| 01/11/1865 | Sank |
| Comments: | 01/11/1865: Abandoned 135 miles W of Brest, with 8ft of water in the engine-room |
| On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & railway materials | |
| Crew saved by the Dutch barque ZEENYMPH |