| Name: | CHAMPION |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/02/1854 |
| Completed: | 05/1854 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 249grt, 176nrt, 129.4 x 21.2 x 11.2ft |
| Engines: | 60nhp |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a Barque |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 31788 |
| History: | |
| 05/1854 | Capt Benjamin Francis Helpman, London |
| by 1857 | Geo Henty & Co & BF Helpman; registered at Portland, Victoria, Australia |
| 24/08/1857 | Sank |
| Comments: | 24/08/1857: Sank after collision with LADY BIRD off Cape Otway |
| On a voyage from Portland to Melbourne | |
| Sank within 15 minutes of the collision |
Above description courtesy of the Heritage Council of Victoria