| Name: | CHARLES TOWNSEND HOOK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/08/1878 |
| Completed: | 09/1878 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 374 |
| Dimensions: | 1390grt, 902nrt, 240.0 x 33.1 x 20.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (31 & 57 x 36ins), 140nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79631 |
| History: | |
| 14/09/1878 | John Chapman & Co, Sunderland; registered at London |
| 18/11/1884 | Missing |
| Comments: | 18/11/1884: Sailed from Saigon for Hong Kong with a cargo of rice |
| Subsequently reported missing |