| Name: | ETHEL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/02/1878 |
| Completed: | 03/1878 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 357 |
| Dimensions: | 932grt, 475nrt, 210.6 x 30.1 x 16.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 52 x 30ins), 113nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 76223 |
| History: | |
| 19/03/1878 | Henry Clapham & Co, London |
| 1884 | GE Macarthy, Newcastle |
| 1884 | Clapham Steam Ship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1890 | Ethel Steamship Co Ltd (W Turpin), Newcastle |
| 1895 | Baltic Shipping Co Ltd (J Grindell), Newcastle |
| 1896 | Angbats A/B Ruth (GT Schele), Halmstad; renamed RUTH |
| 1901 | Angfartygs A/B Trio (CL Larsson), Gothenburg |
| 21/04/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 21/04/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U22, 100 miles E of May Island |
| On a voyage from Leith to Gothenburg with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as RUTH copyright of Robert Bomans
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 08/02/1878