| Name: | JOHN ORMSTON |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/05/1873 |
| Completed: | 07/1873 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 289 |
| Dimensions: | 971grt, 629nrt, 230.0 x 29.4 x 16.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 36ins), 180nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 67375 |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1873 | Tyne Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1903 | Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1910 | Adalar Kumpanyasi, Istanbul; renamed HEYBELIADA |
| 07/03/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the Newcastle to Hamburg service |
| 07/03/1915: Shelled & sunk by Russian cruisers at KD-Eregli |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 26/05/1873