| Name: | ZODIAC launched as NEPTUN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/10/1884 |
| Completed: | 10/1884 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 178 |
| Dimensions: | 712grt, 453nrt, 915dwt, 185.5 x 29.2 x 13.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 48 x 33ins), 97nhp |
| Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co , Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 91050 |
| History: | |
| 10/1884 | Zodiac SS Co Ltd (Boyes, Buttenstad & Co, managers), Newcastle |
| 1888 | Novorossisk Steam Navigation Co, Odessa |
| 1890 | South Russian Steam Navigation Co, Odessa; renamed NEPTUNE |
| 1898 | Sch Karapatnitsky, Odessa |
| 1906 | Sank |
| Comments: | Contract price £11800, profit £286-4s-7d |
| 1906: Foundered in the Black Sea (reported in 1907) |