| Name: | BEDALE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/07/1879 |
| Completed: | 08/1879 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 151 |
| Dimensions: | 1267grt, 737nrt, 242.0 x 32.6 x 17.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27.5 & 52 x 33ins), 123nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 77352 |
| History: | |
| 18/08/1879 | P Hick Jnr & Co, Scarborough |
| 1892 | Carl Rahtkens, Rostock |
| 1895 | A/S Bedale (F Ohlsen), Fredriksvoern |
| 1898 | Welford Shipping Co Ltd (VT Thompson & Co), Sunderland |
| 1906 | Rederi A/B Malcolm (FO Liljefors), Landskrona; renamed MALCOLM |
| 05/1917 | Imperial German Navy |
| 1921 | Emil R Retzlaff, Stettin; renamed ORTLINDE |
| 1931 | ‘Sedina’ Schiffahrts GmbH, Stettin |
| 1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 18/12/1916: Captured by U-Boat U84, 60 miles south of Mandal |
| On a voyage from Sandesund to Grimsby with a cargo of pitprops | |
| Subsequently condemned by a prize court in Germany | |
| 05/1917: Used as an ammunition transport | |
| 1933: Broken up in Q4 |
Above photo as MALCOLM is copyright of G Skiold
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 22/07/1879