| Name: | DESPATCH |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/12/1863 |
| Completed: | 01/1864 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 145 |
| Dimensions: | 728grt, 562nrt, 200.5 x 28.1 x 16.9ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 99nhp; (1875: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90hp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1875: Victoria Dock Engine Works, London) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 48653 |
| History: | |
| 12/01/1864 | Richard Cory & Co, London |
| 1876 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
| 24/10/1888 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1875: Engine compounded |
| 24/10/1888: Sank after a collision with GERTRUDE off Cross Sand | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal |