| Name: | BURSWELL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/02/1878 |
| Completed: | 03/1878 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 7 |
| Dimensions: | 1861grt, 1204nrt, 270.0 x 35.0 x 24.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 40ins), 200nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 76222 |
| History: | |
| 07/03/1878 | Joseph Temperley, Newcastle |
| 12/1885 | Missing |
| Comments: | 06/12/1885: Passed Dover on a voyage from the Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal |
| Subsequently posted missing, presumed she sank |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/02/1878