| Name: | BEDFORD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/12/1879 |
| Completed: | 12/1879 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 22 |
| Dimensions: | 1845grt, 1199nrt, 270.0 x 35.0 x 24.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 187nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79229 |
| History: | |
| 17/01/1880 | William H Atkinson, North Shields |
| 1888 | Cay, Hall & Co, North Shields |
| 1896 | Thomas W Spencer (A Cay), North Shields |
| 1899 | John W Love & Co, North Shields |
| 1902 | Managers became Robertson Mackie & Co, Glasgow |
| 1903 | Iberian Steamship Co Ltd (JH Wackerbarth & Co), Glasgow; renamed CASTILLA |
| 1907 | Managers became Whimster & Co, Glasgow |
| 1911 | Gart Steamship Co Ltd (Whimster & Co),Glasgow; renamed GARTMORE |
| 1914 | The Admiralty |
| 1914 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | 1914: Purchased by The Admiralty for use as a blockship & scuttled at Scapa Flow |