| Name: | BLACK SEA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/12/1854 |
| Completed: | 01/1855 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 27 |
| Dimensions: | 527grt, 424nrt, 163.4 x 26.6 x 15.2ft |
| Engines: | Steam, 80hp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 4335 |
| History: | |
| 04/01/1855 | Palmer Bros & Co, Newcastle |
| 1856 | No later history known |
| Comments: | 01/1855: Chartered by RS Newall & Co as the first cable laying ship |
| 20/01/1856: Damaged in a storm off Harwich | |
| Damage to hull and the engine & boiler had shifted | |
| Deemed a CTL and may have been broken up | |
| However still listed in MNL 1860, but not thereafter | |
| One source has her wrecked at Kirtah 18/04/1878 | |
| Not listed in Lloyd's Register during these dates |
North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 19/01/1855
North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 26/01/1855
Newcastle Chronicle, Friday, 26/01/1855
Newcastle Chronicle, Friday, 26/01/1855