| Name: | VIOLET |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched | 23/01/1871 |
| Completed: | 20/03/1871 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 68 |
| Dimensions: | 1282grt, 976nrt, 798dwt, 219.6 x 30.1 x 25.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 49 x 31ins), 110nhp |
| Engines by: | Clarke, Watson & Gurney, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63822 |
| History: | |
| 15/05/1871 | John C.Robertson et al, Glasgow |
| 1874 | Baird & Brown, Glasgow |
| 13/12/1874 | Sank |
| Comments | Built “on spec” and named after launch |
| Contract Price £17750; Profit £1445-9s-6d | |
| 13/12/1874: Foundered 34 miles SE of the Lizard | |
| On a voyage from Nikolaiev to Bergen with a cargo of rye |