| Name: | ELLEN SINCLAIR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Keel: | 27/04/1863 |
| Launched | 12/09/1863 |
| Completed: | 30/09/1863 (trials) |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 23 |
| Dimensions: | 632grt, 505nrt, 884dwt, 189.1 x 27.5 x 17.0ft; (1869: 788grt, 599nrt, 220.6 x 27.6 x 16.0ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins),90nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 48519 |
| History: | |
| 08/10/1863 | Hutchinson & Co, London |
| by 1865 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
| 12/1866 | Charles H & Arthur Wilson, Hull; renamed ECHO |
| 17/03/1869 | Re-registered at Hull after lengthening |
| 24/10/1869 | Missing |
| Comments: | Raised quarter deck type with engines aft and rigged as a three masted schooner |
| Contract price £12950; Profit £1851-7s-1d | |
| 1867: Placed on the Christiania – Christiansand - Hull route | |
| 25/02/1866: Sunk in the Thames at Erith after a collision with MINNA | |
| Insurace underwriters took over responsibility for the wreck | |
| 31/03/1866: Raised and placed near the river bank for temporary repair | |
| Subsequently repaired at the Victoria Dock Pontoon, London | |
| 1869: Lengthened by 31.5ft | |
| 24/10/1869: Thought to have been lost during a severe gale in the North Sea | |
| On a voyage from St Petersburg to Hull |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 14/09/1863
Dover Chronicle, Wednesday, 28/02/1866
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 04/04/1866