| Name: | BARON VON HUMBOLDT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/09/1854 |
| Completed: | 10/1854 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 334grt, 239nrt, 136.8 x 26.2 x 12.6ft |
| Engines: | 60nhp; (1890: C2cyl (17 & 32.5 x 19.5ins) |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields: (1890: Rostocker AG, Rostock) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; also rigged as a 2 masted Schooner |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 26641 |
| History: | |
| 27/10/1854 | Unknown owner; registered at Newcastle |
| 22/12/1854 | William S Andrews, London |
| 1855 | British Government |
| 05/09/1855 | Renamed BUFFALO |
| 01/01/1888 | P Jĝrgensen, Korsör; renamed CHARLOTTE |
| 08/1889 | A Wolff & Co, Danzig |
| 08/02/1892 | Frankfurter & Liebermann, Hamburg |
| 1892 | V Baron i Tiffou, Coquimbo; renamed MIRAMAR |
| 19/12/1896 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built to carry iron ore from Middlebrough to the iron works of |
| Losh, Wilson & Bell at Walker. Intended two voyages per week | |
| 12/1854: Used by the UK Government as a transport | |
| Carried part of the Balaklava railway to the Crimea | |
| Reportedly purchased by the Government for £12,000 | |
| 1868: Transferred to the Victualing Department | |
| 1890: Re-engined by Rostocker AG | |
| 19/12/1896: Sunk on the coast of Coquimbo, Chile | |
| Engaged in coastal trade carrying coal |