| Name: | BLACKBIRD also seen as BLACK BIRD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/06/1863 |
| Completed: | 08/1863 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 113 |
| Dimensions: | 665grt, 531nrt, 196.4 x 28.2 x 16.7ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 36 x 30ins), 80nhp |
| Engines by: | R Morrison & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw and rigged as a 3 masted Barque |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 48407 |
| History: | |
| 25/01/1864 | Grice, Sumner & Co, Melbourne |
| 1874 | Registered at Sydney |
| 1876 | Capt A Campbell et al, Sydney |
| 02/06/1878 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Placed on the Newcastle NSW to Melbourne route carrying coal |
| 02/06/1878: Wrecked on the Ninety Mile Beach near Port Albert, Victoria |