| Name: | GEORGE HEATON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/02/1882 |
| Completed: | 03/1882 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 38 |
| Dimensions: | 2215grt, 1428nrt, 284.6 x 36.9 x 24.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 68 x 45ins), 250nhp; (1894: T3cyl (20, 32.5 & 54 x 45ins), 196nhp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1894: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84862 |
| History: | |
| 24/03/1882 | C Tully & Co, North Shields |
| 1886 | George Heaton Steam Ship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), North Shields |
| 1902 | Managers Stephens, Sutton & Stephens |
| 1904 | GS Partikios fils, Cephalonia; renamed DOLICHION |
| 1906 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Palermo; renamed TIRRENO |
| 1910 | Soc Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi, Palermo |
| 1913 | Societa Marittima Italiana, Naples |
| 1923 | Soc Anon di Navigazione Asteria, Genoa; renamed STELLAMARIS |
| Q4/1930 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1894: Engines tripled |
| Q4/1930: Broken up |
Above painting as GEORGE HEATON is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
Jarrow Express, Friday, 24/02/1882