| Name: | ARTHUR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/03/1879 |
| Completed: | 04/1879 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 148 |
| Dimensions: | 1260grt, 699nrt, 240.0 x 32.6 x 17.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27.5 & 52 x 33ins), 123nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81203 |
| History: | |
| 29/04/1879 | Robert Harrowing & Co, Whitby |
| 1887 | Harrison Baxter & Co, Whitby |
| 1895 | Joh E v d Ohe, Bergen; renamed SLEIPNER |
| 1898 | Joh E v d Ohe & Lund, Bergen |
| 06/05/1900 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/05/1900: Sank in ice off Narva, Estonia |
| On a voyage from Blyth to Cronstadt with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 26/03/1879