| Name: | HESPERUS |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1842 |
| Completed: | 10/1842 |
| Builder: | Robert Harrison |
| Yard: | St Peter's Quay, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 164grt, 82.2 x 20.6 x 11.6ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Schooner |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 3778 |
| History: | |
| 06/10/1842 | John, Christopher & Joseph Hair, Newcastle |
| 09/05/1845 | John & Joseph Hair, Newcastle |
| 10/12/1852 | John & Joseph Hair, Richard Allison & Edward Mounder, Newcastle |
| 12/04/1855 | John Nelson, Wallsend |
| 02/11/1866 | John Nelson, Wallsend & Joseph Southern, North Shields |
| 22/12/1868 | Missing |
| Comments: | 09/05/1845: Christopher Hair had died |
| 22/12/1868: Last sighted in Yarmouth Roads | |
| Subsequently reported missing |