| Name: | BUSY BEE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/04/1865 |
| Completed: | 05/1865 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 171 |
| Dimensions: | 771grt, 598nrt, 202.1 x 28.2 x 17.0ft; (1871: 961grt, 614nrt, 231.8 x 28.2 x 17.4ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 99hp; (1871: C2cyl (28 & 50 x 30ins), 150hp) |
| Engines by: | (1871: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 51356 |
| History: | |
| 05/1865 | Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1880 | W Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
| 11/10/1883 | Tyne Steamship Company |
| 09/02/1896 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1870: Lengthened by William Cleland, Willington Quay |
| 11/10/1883: Sold for £11,000 | |
| 09/02/1896: Sank after collision off Wielingen Light, with German ss LINDENFELS | |
| Whilst on a voyage from Newcastle to Antwerp with a general cargo |