| Name: | FORWOOD launched as VIANNA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/05/1858 |
| Completed: | 08/1858 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 593grt, 436nrt, 194.6 x 27.2 x 15.5ft; |
| (1869: 698grt, 537nrt, 221.6 x 27.2 x 15.5ft); (1879: 759grt, 479 nrt) | |
| Engines: | 140hp; (1869: CI2cyl (27 & 48 x 30ins), 98nhp) |
| Engines by: | (1869: J Aitken & Co, Glasgow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 22043 |
| History: | |
| 09/08/1858 | F Chapple, Liverpool |
| 02/1861 | Unknown Owner, Overseas; renamed FINISTERRE |
| by 1867 | WH Woodville, Melbourne; renamed SOUCHAYS |
| by 1868 | James Service, Melbourne |
| by 1870 | William Laing, Leith |
| 13/07/1871 | Tom Dalzell, Liverpool; renamed VALE OF CALDER |
| 1878 | William Malcolmson, Portlaw, Co Waterford |
| 1882 | John Malcolmson Murphy & Co, Limerick (William Malcolmson, manager) |
| 22/02/1885 | Sank |
| Comments: | Launched as VIANNA for Vianna, Chapple & Co |
| 1858: Probably engined by TD Marshall, South Shields | |
| 1969: Lengthened to 221.6ft and then 698grt | |
| 1878: Purchased for £5850 and a further £1100 spent on repairs | |
| Also modified for the cattle trade between Liverpool & Limerick | |
| 22/02/1885: Foundered in a hurricane, 10 miles SW of Bardsey Island | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick carring coal & general cargo |
Newcastle Courant, 07/05/1858
Liverpool Mercury, Wednesday, 25/02/1885