| Name: | BRITISH EMPIRE |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 26/08/1839 |
| Completed: | 1839 |
| Builder: | Young |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 578nrt, 120.2 x 27.7 x 20.8ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (Later: Barque) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 2053 |
| History: | |
| 1839 | Unknown owner |
| 26/01/1844 | Executors of T Young & T Young, North Shields and W Wheatley Jun, Middlesex |
| 30/12/1845 | Executors of Thomas Young & Thomas Young, North Shields |
| 01/11/1846 | Executors of Thomas Young, North Shields |
| by 1862 | E Young & Co, Shields |
| 13/09/1862 | Stranded |
| Comments: | 13/09/1862: Stranded off Cape Wrath & became a complete wreck |
| On a voyage from Belfast to the Tyne |
Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 02/10/1862