| Name: | GITANA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/09/1855 |
| Completed: | 11/1855 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 490grt, 334nrt, 174.9 x 26.1 x 14.6ft; (1860: 582grt, 203.8ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 100hp |
| Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 12885 |
| History: | |
| 11/1855 | R Ward Jackson & R Watson, West Hartlepool |
| 1856 | West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co, West Hartlepool |
| 1862 | Leng & Curtiss, West Hartlepool |
| 1866 | Pile, Spence & Co, Hartlepool |
| by 1867 | CM Webster, Sunderland |
| 14/12/1875 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x 1st Class passengers |
| 1860: Lengthened to 203.8ft | |
| 14/12/1875: Wrecked near Vinga | |
| On a voyage from West Hartlepool to Gothenburg |
North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 27th September 1855