| Name: | BRINDISI |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/09/1862 |
| Completed: | 11/1862 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 116 |
| Dimensions: | 898grt, 635nrt, 250.5 x 27.8 x 19.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 270hp; (1875: CI2cyl (33 & 60 x 33ins), 270hp; |
| (1887: T3cyl (24, 38 & 62 x 36ins), 231nhp | |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1875: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow); |
| (1887: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1862 | C Palmer, Turin |
| by 1878 | R Rubattino & Co, Genoa; renamed MALTA |
| 1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1875: Engine compounded |
| 1887: Re-engined | |
| 1905: Converted to a coal hulk at Palermo |

Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 30/10/1862