| Name: | BLESSING | 
| Type: | Sailing Vessel | 
| Launched: | 1788 | 
| Completed: | 1788 | 
| Builder: | Thomas Hearn | 
| Yard: | North Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 342nrt, 103.5 x 28.3 x 18.8ft | 
| Engines: | None | 
| Engines by: | n/a | 
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | n/a | 
| History: | |
| 05/09/1788 | James Storey, North Shields; registered at Newcastle | 
| 17/03/1789 | William Clark & William Clark Jnr, North Shields | 
| 19/11/1800 | W Clark & W Clark Jnr, North Shields and Francis Hurry, Howdon | 
| 10/02/1816 | William Clark, Benton | 
| 17/10/1834 | James Gibson, North Shields | 
| 02/09/1842 | Joseph Gibson, London | 
| 08/05/1844 | Registered at London | 
| 02/03/1847 | Middle Dock Co, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle | 
| 04/10/1847 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 1816: Nearly rebuilt by William Clark at Blyth | 
| 04/10/1847: Stranded at the Tower of Marsala & became a total wreck | |
| On a voyage from Mariupol to the UK |