| Name: | GERARDA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/09/1882 |
| Completed: | 10/1882 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 442 |
| Dimensions: | 1673grt, 1082nrt, 257.5 x 34.6 x 17.8ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (32 & 62 x 33ins), 180nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 86997 |
| History: | |
| 19/10/1882 | Joseph Fawcett, London |
| 24/10/1882 | Sank |
| Comments: | 24/10/1882: Sank after a collision with BENARES, 14 miles SE of St Catharine's Point |
| On her maiden voyage from Shields to Genoa with a cargo of coal |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 24/11/1882