| Name: | JAMES SOUTHERN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/05/1865 |
| Completed: | 08/1865 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 25 |
| Dimensions: | 693grt, 471nrt, 198.2 x 28.3 x 15.8ft; (1872: 801grt, 513nrt, 218.2 x 28.3 x 15.9ft) |
| Engines: | I2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1891: C2cyl (27 & 50 x 30ins), 125nhp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1891: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 52755 |
| History: | |
| 08/08/1865 | FW Harris & Co, London |
| 1872 | James Dixon & FW Harris, London |
| 1875 | James Dixon, London |
| 1888 | FA Harrison, London |
| 1890 | Renamed HARLOW |
| 1895 | Harlow Steamship Co (JH Pearson), London |
| 1902 | Managers became JC Jobling, London |
| 02/12/1905 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1872: Lengthened to 218.2ft by T & W Smith at North Shields |
| 1891: Engine compounded by Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd | |
| 02/12/1905: Sank after a collision with PHILIPPEVILLE, 3 miles east of Dungeness | |
| On a voyage from Guernsey to London with a cargo of stone |
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 30/05/1865
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, Sunday, 03/12/1905