| Name: | JOHN MIDDLETON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/08/1866 |
| Completed: | 10/1866 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 209 |
| Dimensions: | 772grt, 525nrt, 212.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 90hp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 56042 |
| History: | |
| 05/10/1866 | Watts, Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
| 01/09/1870 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/12/1867: In collision with the EQUITA |
| 21/04/1868: Ran aground in the River Danube | |
| 21/08/1868: Ran aground in the Dardanelles | |
| 01/09/1870: Foundered in the North Sea | |
| On a voyage from Cronstadt to Leith with a cargo of wheat etc |