| Name: | H P STEPHENSON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched | 14/11/1871 |
| Completed: | 05/06/1872 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 75 |
| Dimensions: | 962grt, 624nrt, 1368dwt, 230.0 x 28.9 x 17.8ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (28 & 54 x 30ins), 120nhp |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 10.0knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65703 |
| History: | |
| 05/06/1872 | General Iron Screw Collier Co,London |
| 1880 | R Gordon & Co, London |
| 1882 | Renamed RECEPTA |
| 1898 | Company restyled as Gordon Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London |
| 18/03/1899 | Sank |
| Comments | Contract Price £17,600; Loss £139-17s-5d |
| 31/12/1879: Collided with & sank WILLIAM J TAYLOR at the mouth of the Tyne | |
| WILLIAM J TAYLOR had also been built by Wigham Richardson, in 1879 | |
| 18/03/1899: Foundered in the North Sea at 56.30N/4.20E | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Pillau with a cargo of coal |