| Name: | CATHERINE APCAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/04/1865 |
| Completed: | 05/1865 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 34 |
| Dimensions: | 1019grt, 840nrt, 1172dwt, 230.0 x 32.5 x 17.2ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (40 & 40 x 27ins), 100nhp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a Barque, 9.4knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 52693 |
| History: | |
| 1865 | TA Gibb, SA Apcar, RB Durham (RB Durham, manager) |
| 1871 | Watts, Milburn & Co |
| 09/08/1871 | Sank |
| Comments | Laid down as SWORDFISH |
| Built for the Mauritius to Calcutta rice trade | |
| 09/08/1871: At 9:45 am in thick weather, was in collision with Cory’s DESPATCH (728/63) | |
| In a position 10 miles south of Flamborough Head | |
| Sank in eleven minutes. All crew saved and landed at Grimsby | |
| On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast |
Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, Wednesday, 26th April 1865