| Name: | JOHN DAVID |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/01/1874 |
| Completed: | 04/1874 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 303 |
| Dimensions: | 1807grt, 1345nrt, 297.5 x 33.3 x 24.5ft; (1890: 1780grt, 1313nrt) |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (30 & 60 x 33ins), 140nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a Schooner |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 04/1874 | David, Verbist & Cie, Antwerp |
| 1881 | Soc Anversoise d’Armement et de Transport Maritime, Antwerp |
| 1883 | Renamed BELGICA |
| 12/10/1887 | Bergh & Helland, Bergen; renamed STANLEY |
| 22/12/1894 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Launched as BELGIA |
| 11/04/1874: Sailed from Shields for Antwerp | |
| 01/04/1875: Stranded at Cagliani Bay but towed off by DELLOYE MATTHIEU | |
| 12/10/1887: Sold for £8750 | |
| 22/12/1894: Wrecked off Boubjerg, Denmark | |
| On a voyage from Eupatoria, Crimea, to Kalmar with a cargo of wheat |
Cardiff Times & South Wales News, Saturday, 29/12/1894