| Name: | STYX |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/10/1872 |
| Completed: | 11/1872 |
| Builder: | John Softley & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 87 |
| Dimensions: | 861grt, 547nrt, 209.2 x 29.0 x 14.7ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (25 & 50 x 33ins), 98nhp |
| Engines by: | Ouseburn Engineering Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65447 |
| History: | |
| 06/11/1872 | George Dryden Dale, North Shields |
| 1874 | Segovia, Caudra y Cia, Seville |
| 1885 | Renamed VARGAS |
| 27/04/1886 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Ordered while Softley was still in partnership with John Readhead |
| 27/04/1886: Beached after a collision with CARIDAD at Cartagena | |
| On a voyage from Marseilles to Cartagena carrying passengers & general cargo |