| Name: | BASIC |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/08/1884 |
| Completed: | 08/1884 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 90 |
| Dimensions: | 169grt, 106nrt, 101.0 x 19.1 x 8.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (14 & 27 x 20ins), 30nhp |
| Engines by: | Baird & Barnsley, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 91044 |
| History: | |
| 08/1884 | Crawford & Co, Grangemouth |
| 1886 | South Coast Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Bournemouth; registered at Poole |
| No later history known | |
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