| Name: | KATE THOMAS | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 13/12/1883 | 
| Completed: | 01/1884 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 522 | 
| Dimensions: | 1558grt, 1010nrt, 260.0 x 36.3 x 18.0ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (31 & 60 x 39ins), 152nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots (trial) | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 89169 | 
| History: | |
| 29/01/1884 | Kate Thomas Steam Ship Co Ltd (E Thomas Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff | 
| 21/10/1895 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 21/10/1895: Wrecked at Point Cires, west of Ceuta | 
| On a voyage from Cardiff to Brindisi with a cargo of coal | 

Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 30/01/1884

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 02/11/1895