| Name: | GRESHAM | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 19/09/1872 | 
| Completed: | 12/1872 | 
| Builder: | T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore | 
| Yard: | North Shields | 
| Yard Number: | 58 | 
| Dimensions: | 1690grt, 1092nrt, 260.0 x 34.3 x 23.4ft | 
| Engines: | CI2cyl (29 & 58 x 36ins), 140nhp | 
| Engines by: | Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co, London | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 67372 | 
| History: | |
| 12/12/1872 | Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle | 
| 19/08/1881 | Sank | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x 1st Class passengers | 
| 19/08/1881: Sank at New Orleans after a collision with a moored barge & FIFESHIRE | |
| On a voyage from New Orleans to Hamburg with a cargo of grain | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 21/09/1872