| Name: | BERBICE |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/06/1859 |
| Completed: | 06/1859 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 80 |
| Dimensions: | 282grt, 178nrt, 181.5 x 21.6 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | Osc, 2cyl (41 & 41 x ?ins), 110hp; (1876: Osc, C2cyl (30 & 52 x 48ins), 120hp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1876: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 26874 |
| History: | |
| 13/06/1859 | Hugh Sproston & Co, Newcastle |
| 1865 | Registered at Georgetown, Jamaica |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 70 x 1st Class passengers |
| 1888: Still listed in MNL |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 02/05/1859