| Name: | ABERTAWE | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 27/05/1884 | 
| Completed: | 07/1884 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 530 | 
| Dimensions: | 1336grt, 815nrt, 240.5 x 33.2 x 18.1ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 57 x 39ins), 151nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 78450 | 
| History: | |
| 14/07/1884 | Abertawe Steamship Co Ltd (Letricheux & David), Swansea | 
| 1900 | Manager became WH Pank | 
| 1905 | Managers became David & Co | 
| 1909 | Cie des Chargeurs Français (Plisson et Cie), Le Havre; renamed MARIE | 
| 21/04/1919 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 14/02/1900: Beached after being pierced by her own anchor off Goletta near Tunis | 
| 14/03/1900: Re-floated and taken into Tunis harbour the following day | |
| 21/04/1919: Sank after a collision with SIGNE off Lundy Island | |
| On a voyage from Penarth to Bayonne with a cargo of coal | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 28/05/1884