| Name: | TAGUS | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 05/09/1872 | 
| Completed: | 09/1872 | 
| Builder: | Cole Bros | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 16 | 
| Dimensions: | 1350grt, 953nrt, 229.0 x 30.4 x 16.6ft | 
| Engines: | CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 24ins), 95nhp | 
| Engines by: | J & W Dudgeon, London | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 68360 | 
| History: | |
| 12/09/1872 | H Bucknall & Sons, Newcastle | 
| 1890 | Bucknall Nephews, Newcastle | 
| 18/08/1896 | A Gardella y Cia, Buenos Aires | 
| 1900 | SN Savas , Buenos Aires | 
| 1901 | SN Savas y Hermanos, Buenos Aires | 
| 1904 | N Mihanovic, Buenos Aires | 
| 1905 | C Ortelli, Buenos Aires; renamed SPARTA | 
| 1908 | Nav a Vap Nicolas Mihanovich SA, Buenos Aires | 
| 1909 | SA de Nav Sud Atlantica, Buenos Aires | 
| 1915 | FA Marcallo, Antonina; renamed LAPA | 
| 1917 | Lloyd Nacional, Rio de Janeiro | 
| 22/05/1917 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 22/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47 130nm WSW Gibraltar | 
| On a voyage from Santos to Marseilles with a cargo of coffee | 

Public & Daily Advertiser, Tuesday, 17/09/1872