| Name: | WALTER THOMAS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/04/1884 |
| Completed: | 06/1884 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 533 |
| Dimensions: | 2213grt, 1412nrt, 287.0 x 37.4 x 24.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 68 x 45ins), 225nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89182 |
| History: | |
| 26/06/1884 | Walter Thomas Steam Ship Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff |
| 12/07/1901 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/07/1901: Sank after a collision with ROMNEY off Europa Point at Gibraltar |
| On a voyage from Penarth to Derindje with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 26/06/1884