| Name: | HERSCHEL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/07/1864 |
| Completed: | 09/1864 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 51 |
| Dimensions: | 1543grt, 1288nrt, 275.7 x 33.0 x 23.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl, 150hp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 50472 |
| History: | |
| 06/09/1864 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool |
| 04/12/1865 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 04/12/1865: Wrecked at Maldonado Harbour, River Plate |
| On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo |
Whitby Gazette, Saturday, 27/01/1866