| Name: | SIRDAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/11/1898 |
| Completed: | 01/1899 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 122 |
| Dimensions: | 3519grt, 2264nrt, 335.0 x 48.1 x 24.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 304nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110325 |
| History: | |
| 21/01/1899 | Red “R” Steamship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle |
| 1902 | Managers became Stephens, Sutton & Stephens |
| 23/11/1910 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 23/11/1910: Wrecked on Melmeur Island, west of Molene Island |
| On a voyage from Taganrog to Emden with a cargo of wheat |
Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 16/11/1898