| Name: | G W WARD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/04/1879 |
| Completed: | 05/1879 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 98 |
| Dimensions: | 1426grt, 917nrt, 248.0 x 32.7 x 20.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 130nhp |
| Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 80538 |
| History: | |
| 12/05/1879 | Ward & Holzapfel, Newcastle |
| 02/07/1883 | Edward C Thin, Liverpool; renamed TRIPOLI |
| 1890 | Johann H Vogemann, Hamburg; renamed WILHELM OELSSNER |
| 1891 | Gerhard & Hey, Hamburg |
| 1901 | Emil R Retzlaff, Stettin; renamed EMIL R RETZLAFF |
| 23/05/1904 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/05/1904: Sank after a collision with Danish NAPOLI off Helsingor |
| On a voyage from Huelva to Stettin with a cargo of ore |