| Name: | IONIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/07/1856 |
| Completed: | 10/1856 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 1888grt, 944nrt, 242.4 x 32.1 x 25.9ft; (1872: 1758grt, 1145nrt, 303.0 x 32.7 x 25.7ft) |
| Engines: | 2 x 3cyl (46, 46 & 46 x 42ins), 220nhp; (1872: 2 x C2cyl (23 & 46 x 36ins), 200nhp) |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields; (1872: Clark, Watson & Co, Gateshead) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 17496 |
| History: | |
| 07/10/1856 | Papayanni Bros; registered at London |
| 1859 | Registered at Liverpool |
| 1861 | J Bibby, Liverpool |
| 1870 | Anglo Egyptian Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 1876 | Missing |
| Comments: | 1872: Lengthened to 303.0ft |
| 1872: Re-engined | |
| 28/09/1876: Missing since this date |
North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 1st August 1856