| Name: | EDGAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/10/1870 |
| Completed: | 12/1870 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 128 |
| Dimensions: | 1009grt, 667nrt, 225.0 x 30.1 x 17.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 52.5 x 30ins), 126hp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 62370 |
| History: | |
| 12/12/1870 | Adamson & Short, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
| 1887 | Henry Edward Pyle Adamson, Newcastle |
| 1895 | OB Sørensen, Arendal; renamed ORION |
| 1898 | CA Wager, Sundsvall |
| 1898 | AJ Berggren, Sundsvall |
| 1899 | J Ingmansson, Sölvesborg |
| 1902 | Handels Sölvesborgs Skeppsvarf (J Ingmansson), Karlshamn |
| 29/12/1906 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/11/1892: Beached near Whitehall Point on the Tyne after colliding with |
| ROYAL DANE, when outbound from Tyne Dock with a cargo of coal | |
| 04/02/1893: Refloated, sold at auction | |
| 15/02/1893: Docked on Smith's Dock pontoon for repair | |
| 29/12/1906: Sank after a collision with IDAHO, 1 mile above the Middle Humber Lightship | |
| When outwards from Grimsby for Malmö with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 07/11/1892